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Drones 3-Oct-2016 At 12:20:37 PM simey

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On 3/10/2016 kieranl wrote:
>On 3/10/2016 simey wrote:
>>On 3/10/2016 kieranl wrote:
>>
>>>Can the lines be dropped when not in use, including overnight? I know
>>>setting them up again would be a pain, even with the rigging at each
>>end
>>>still in place, but they do create a problem if there's an accident.
>>
>>I imagine de-rigging and re-rigging slacklines constantly would be a
>pain
>>in the arse. On the rare occasions there is an accident and a slackline
>>happens to be in the way of a chopper rescue, then that is the time to
>>de-rig it.
>
>I can see that happening (not). Who's going to do that?

Someone in the rescue crew can lower the slackline if the owners aren't about. If there is a slackline in the way of a rescue, then I am sure the slackline crew aren't going to complain if it gets lowered to facilitate a rescue. Most of the time the rescue crew are standing around doing nothing waiting for a chopper to arrive anyway.