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What is it like walking a HUGE highline? 12 interviews with the Sweden Lapporten 2.1KM team

Sorry, this wasn't early access because I had to wait until the last minute for some of the collaborations on here.  I'll send them early when I'm not finishing them the night before :).

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EMO vs MMO break tests + stone knot, clove hitch and figure 8

THIS IS VIDEO 10 OF 10 - See textbook 👉 https://tinyurl.com/yckmwww6 Here is a free course featuring Brent Roth about differe...

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EARLY ACCESS - BIG climber lead falls for science. You won't believe the forces!

Tanner is 290lbs or 131kg and he climbs.  We wanted to know what forces he gets when he falls on his gear so I sent him 3 LineScale3s and showed him how to film an episode.  This was an a...

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How strong is a Petzl 8 descender?

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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Corroded Caving Carabiners and Hangers Break Tests

Hunter Campbell sent us some old corroded cave gear and we pulled it till it snapped.  The Camp 22 rated for 21kN broke at 15kN.  The blue carabiner rated for 21kN broke at 20kN.  Th...

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How much force does it take to RAPPEL in different modes?

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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NO CHARGE UPDATE - Organized 500 Episodes! Linescale 3 in stock and big wall course coming

First time LineScale3 has been in stock.  There is only 30 and then it will be months before more are available.  For $20 off, use discount code HN2-g66-M5b at 2022-06-13 23:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Replacing Glue In Climbing Bolts - Does a blow torch work?

Sometimes bolts get in the way of random swinging hammers.  We explored two ways of heating up glue in bolts in an effort to remove them so you can reuse the hole.  I'm not convinced this...

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Friction Tests on canyon lowering devices

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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Used Arborist Ropes Break Super Low!?

Cody Zimmerer gave me 1/2" used arborist ropes that broke at 11kN and 12kN which is super low compared to my 10mm static climbing ropes that break around 18kN.  Cory Grossman gave me some new ...

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10 uses for the PaliKoa Pivot Rappel Device

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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Contaminated climbing ropes - oil, sunscreen, deet and acid

See our contaminated slackline tests https://youtu.be/Bvr--pT9xcM 

The rope broke in the knot between 17-19kN in all ...

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Climbing vs canyon rappelling

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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EARLY ACCESS - Dicks sells a counterfeit Black Diamond climbing rope (allegedly)

THIS VIDEO IS PUBLISHED TOMORROW.  HERE IS EARLY ACCESS.

Emily and Zach allegedly bought a dynamic Black Diamond rope from Dicks Sporting Goods and what showed up was authentic packaging...

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Complex rappelling options with double ended rope bags

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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Rock Exotica Totem vs Camp Ovo vs Butterfly Knot

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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EARLY ACCESS - World's Hardest World Record - Full Documentary of Lapporten, Sweden 2.1km Long Highline

PUBLICLY RELEASED MAY 14TH - FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT PRIVATELY TO WHOMEVER

We did it!  The Lapporten Project by @northernlines_slackline officially got a highline world record at 2130m lon...

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Locking Carabiner Showdown

We broke 8 carabiners in a bracketed system.  They all broke above MBS.  It's fun to watch things break!  

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I made a full length documentary of our world record project

No Charge for update videos! I appreciate your support!

We did it!  The Lapporten Project documentary is finally made.  Emil Sergel from Pinewood Productions made a full feature fil...

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Rappel systems with built in rescue solutions

PATRON EARLY ACCESS TO ALL VIDEOS IS AT THIS LINK https://www.hownot2.com/canyon-rope-systems I'M RELEASING THEM ...

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How Strong are Arborist Bridges - New vs Old

We broke 2 new arborist bridges and 3 old ones from Nick Markley & Hunter Vincent.  They all broke super good enough above 23kN which is much stronger than your back.  I am going to b...

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Canyon Rope Systems - Rappelling Overview

THIS IS VIDEO 1 OF 10 - See textbook 👉 https://tinyurl.com/yckmwww6 

Here is a free course featuring Brent Roth ab...

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EARLY ACCESS - Canyon Rope System Course

I have spent the last 6 months working on this course with Brent Roth and it is finally being released.  We have 10 videos and a 48 page textbook (temporarily on a google doc).  I am rele...

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Climbing cams tested in the drop tower

Many of these cams came from Timothy Niedmeyer - Thank you.   They all broke above MBS and higher than the force you will put on them if you take a whipper.  It is nice to see HOW th...

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How NOT to use a Ronin Lift Power Ascender! Must watch before buying or using it for the first time

I almost bought a Ronin Lift Power Ascender for a climbing project and I would have ended up using the wrong rope which not only sucks to damage the Ronin and also your rope BUT if it shreds the ro...

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EARLY ACCESS: Iceland EPIC: Rope Jumps, Highlines and Ice Climbing

Here is a teaser trailer of our adventures in Iceland where we highlined, rope jumped, ice climbed.  Our 7 episodes coming out about this trip will be about the rope jump rig, how we rigged a ...

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44 year old cave anchor break tested - Topless Dome Part 3 of 3

Topless Dome is a 396 feet tall with a water fall coming down the center of it.  This is the 3rd video about the project where we test the original anchor that we found; used by the first asce...

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I spent 62 HOURS exploring a 400 foot water fall inside a cave! Topless Dome Part 2 of 3

PATRONS: This is the official post.  The early access was released as an earlier post as a list of links of the 3 part series with the web page.

Topless Dome is a 396 feet tall with a wa...

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Get paid to climb on ropes! SPRAT & Industrial rope access

Bobby Hutton and I got SPRAT certified by Mark Hanna at  https://www.swaymechanika.com/ropeaccesstraining View Post

Aid climbing INSIDE a muddy cave - Exploring Topless Dome Part 1 of 3

Topless Dome is a 396 feet tall with a water fall coming down the center of it.  This is the 1st video about the project where I lead from Rachel Saker's "Disillusion Window" up to "Horse Toot...

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