Highlining and Related Madness (11 img)

coldclimb

So I took a trip to Moab, UT last weekend, followed by a few days in Boulder, CO. Here's what came of it. Enjoy, comment, critique, or do whatever you feel like!

If these strike your fancy, there's a total of 41 from the trip online at http://www.gourp.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=360

Heh, I tried to limit myself to only my favorites, and then I culled those down some more. Hope it's not too much for you guys!



Rob doing the second walk. He did excellent for his second time ever trying a highline!




Dylan finishing off the walk.




Dylan heads back the other direction




We also rigged a rope jump into the "Dog Hole", named for a dog who fell in and died years ago.




Dylan climbs out of the Dog Hole after his jump. Jugging ropes is hard work!




I really like this shot, even though there's not as much action. I keep getting drawn to the blue of that jacket.




"What happens if you fall?" you ask? (Hehe... I love the floating rings)




In Boulder, me and Lisa made it out to Eldorado Canyon at the same time as the snow.




We managed to get some bouldering done anyway.




Dylan and I rigged a long line in a park to kill some time.

ian408

Fun stuff and nice shots!

Phyxius

Yay, those are great and it looks like tons of fun!

The first one is just awesome (though maybe if you're a wiz in PP you could lighten his face a tad?) Beautiful location and I love how you get how BIG everything is from the angle you shot.

Really nice overhead angle in the second shot too.

I think the fall one is great and the fact that he's a tad soft and his feet are cut off add to the image since he was falling

The last shot is also terrific! Looks like he's so high, but totally unworried, just chilling in the clouds. (Even though he's probably 5inches off the ground. ) Thanks for posting these!

ivar

w00t, nice shots

I like the first one, but I actually also like the second one very much. Looks like you had a great time and great shots!

Andy

coldclimb wrote:

I could do this.

photodoug

madness

ivar

Andy wrote:

I could do this.

:lol

DoctorIt

show us some rope-jump action shots!!! (great trip and set )

coldclimb

DoctorIt wrote:

show us some rope-jump action shots!!! (great trip and set )

Your wish is my command. I shot these on Ty's camera, which is why they weren't bundled with my other shots. Better late than never, eh?



Ty stands ready for the jump.




And here he is floating off the cliff.

DoctorIt

Wow, does that look cool! Must be a heck of a ride!

Ropes: dynamic, static, a mix? I'm curious

coldclimb

DoctorIt wrote:

Wow, does that look cool! Must be a heck of a ride!

Ropes: dynamic, static, a mix? I'm curious

One dynamic rope doubled over and tied into two individual strands going across the Dog Hole and anchored to the same anchor we rigged the slackline on, and one dynamic rope clipped to that with two lockers. Tie in, bundle up the rest of the rope, jump, rig jumars to get off the knot, untie, rap off, then jug a static line we had at the edge of the hole. If I did it again, I'd probably jump on a grigri.

The hard part is the anchors really. Gotta build something that will hold the forces of a highline. The rest is just building it so you know nothing can go wrong.

DoctorIt

coldclimb wrote:

One dynamic rope doubled over and tied into two individual strands going across the Dog Hole and anchored to the same anchor we rigged the slackline on, and one dynamic rope clipped to that with two lockers. Tie in, bundle up the rest of the rope, jump, rig jumars to get off the knot, untie, rap off, then jug a static line we had at the edge of the hole. If I did it again, I'd probably jump on a grigri.

The hard part is the anchors really. Gotta build something that will hold the forces of a highline. The rest is just building it so you know nothing can go wrong.

cool, so that makes the jump more fun. I was just curious if you were more swinging, or truly freefalling and getting caught by dynamic line. Sign me up.

mushy

I was starting to wonder where you had dissappeared to
Great location, beautiful colour and action captured in your shots well done.
The rope jump looks pretty wild, never done one myself but it must be one huge rush:D

coldclimb

mushy wrote:

I was starting to wonder where you had dissappeared to
Great location, beautiful colour and action captured in your shots well done.
The rope jump looks pretty wild, never done one myself but it must be one huge rush:D

Hehe, actually I kinda disappeared for the whole summer on a massive road trip with prezwoodz, although he kept up his posting here better than me. Got a couple hundred awesome pics from that, but I didn't want to swamp dgrin, so I figured I'd just go back where I left off and post up pics as I got them. This year's album on my website is quite overloaded with pics from the summer, so if you've got a bit of empty time and a certain amount of interest, they're up for perusal at http://morffed.com/2006.php Lots of climbing around the US!

gus

Andy wrote:

I could do this.

:giggle :giggle :bigbs

Back to reality...great shots !!