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MrFittsworth t1_itm7vj9 wrote

Reply to comment by hike_me in So...we were climbing Tumbledown this weekend and saw this... by TheMobyDicks

I was one of the people who set this up. It's a slackline (highline)

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hike_me t1_itm9aoz wrote

Isn’t a Tyrolean traverse basically a slack line where the person hangs from it and uses it to traverse between two high points? This picture looks like a textbook example of a Tyrolean Traverse.

I’ve built high lines for SAR, which are similar but we use pulleys to build mechanical advantage to move the load, and we have a Petzl kootenay carriage attached to the ropes with a litter hanging from it.

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MrFittsworth t1_itma0vx wrote

Tyrolean traverse is rope and pulleys with much, much less burly anchors and forces on each anchor point. This is for walking on, flat webbing, much stretcher and is built with the purpose of whipping all over repeatedly while attempting to walk. While they appear similar, they are very different in form and function. The only reason this person is underneath is because we had just finished rigging and they were coming from one side to the other with gear, using what would be a slackline specific Tyrolean device to make the process easier.

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dogsandpeaceohmy t1_itnqenf wrote

If I had gold I’d give it to you. Thank you for taking the time to explain this so well. Super cool and zero way you’d catch me doing this lol. Do you have pictures that you can share?

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MrFittsworth t1_itnqs1m wrote

Check out our Instagram @route1highlines

We'll be posting some pictures from this weekend and a few other events we put together this summer! Thanks!

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hike_me t1_itmb425 wrote

So the picture is basically someone using your slack line as a Tyrolean Traverse.

For our SAR high lines and Tyrolean travers setups, we use a pair of tensioned low stretch 11mm ropes, since we’re not building them to take whippers on!

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