Slacking off with friends
It had been an entire month since we first tested out our new Slackline but even with that much delay, we both improved. By no means should you assume that my saying this means that we were able to successfully traverse the line without assistance. We did both feel that we had made progress though. We thought it might be fun to run it from dock to dock here in the marina, once we get much better at it of course. 🙂
The following pics were taken late Sunday afternoon with our friends Scott, Brittany and Isla from Windtraveler. We’re all doing our best to keep the Fun:Suck ratio in check!
I predict that when some locals find out about this and then find a way to get a slack line, you’ll come back next year and they will be kicking butt good at it.
I’m surprised you have so little faith is us. I would go out on a limb to say that we are AT LEAST equally as determined as anyone here.
Funny, I deleted a sentence at the end of that comment just before I posted it…..”Just seeing someone stand on that thing, permeates the challenge to master it!”
I didn’t say you wouldn’t be good/way better, it’s about how much time the locals can put into it.
Young men, day after day, limin’ the line….. slack line that is.
I was just kidding. Time invested will definitely effect results.
After a visit to the circus when my daughter was small, she insisted we set one up in the back yard; she was old enough to know her father had a rock climbing habit and could be talked into such foolishness. Soon I was getting scolded by the wife for carrying my daughter on my shoulders. By now I’ve gotten rusty.
Oh, the good old days. Last week she started college and I miss her.
ahhh… 🙂
How far across can you make it?
Eric
About 3 steps. That’s 2 more than last time.
Cirque du Soliel is calling.
Not sure about you adults but it would be great for Isla as she gets closer to school age. Cirque provides onsite schooling but being in Montreal it is all in French.
Running away to join the circus is not what it used to be.
Slack line has got to also improve paddle boat balance…not that you guys need help strengthening your cores but some guests may.
If the sailing thing doesn’t work for us perhaps I could fall back to the circus. 😉
I finally read all 270 pages of your blog. What a great story and a wealth of information for anyone that might want to go cruising someday. If you get a chance you should try taking the last 3 years of blogs posts and make them into an ebook. I would have preferred paying a couple of bucks to read this whole blog on my Kindle rather then click through all those links to go from page to page.
I was surprised to see that back in March my wife and I were at Leverick Bay with our charter mono-hull at the same time as you guys were! Small world, now I am going to go back and look at pictures of the harbor to see if I can see where you guys anchored.
Norm Walker
River Falls, Wisconsin
Hi Norm
You are not the first to suggest the book thing. I had a more ambitious project in mind but perhaps I should go that route instead. Thanks for the input.
Looks like so much fun! We’ll be looking for the video soon … when you master it!
Soon. 😉
Good, but no props until you can do handstands like my friend Sidney
bob
s/v Eolian
Seattle
That link won’t open for me now but I’ll check on my other computer, after I charge it.
That slack line is VERY cool! Seems like it’d use just about every muscle in your body to maintain balance.
Two questions… I can’t quite tell how it’s tied to the tree. Is it just a couple wraps and knotted? Secondly, do you have to figure out the math to determine how high to mount it, given the amount of flex it’ll have when weight is applied?
Mike
The Slackline is essentially a ratchet strap. There are two pieces, each with a sewn loop on the ends. You attach those pieces to the trees via a girth hitch (larks head).
As for the height, yes, you have to play with that a bit. Our last time out we had to adjust it up a bit as we had set it too low. Not a big deal and I suspect with more experience we would just know what height to set it.