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martym

3-Oct-2016
4:35:08 PM

On 3/10/2016 simey wrote:
>On 3/10/2016 martym wrote:
>>Could someone put an informative brochure up on the toilet block notice
>>board? A big picture of someone high lining will get people's attention,
>>and then just a few points about the risks to a rescue if left unattended.
>
>Are you guys serious?!!
I was just suggesting if someone is concerned - use the available facility of a notice board. I know I read some of the stuff on there. And I didn't know about that issue with the helicopters, and I would guess some of the high line folk don't either. For that matter drones rule out helicopter recurs too don't they?

dalai

3-Oct-2016
4:58:36 PM

On 3/10/2016 kieranl wrote:
>I'm pretty sure that the people doing this stuff know their gear inside and out and aren't going to be leaving it out in the weather long enough to degrade.

Like Dan?


JamesMc

3-Oct-2016
6:34:19 PM

I'm impressed with Americans' foresight by anticipating the invention of the drone when they drafted the Second Amendment in 1791


Monkeyboy

3-Oct-2016
8:47:32 PM

>I'm pretty sure that the people doing this stuff know their gear inside
>and out and aren't going to be leaving it out in the weather long enough
>to degrade.

I was actually chatting to one of the slackliners out at Arapiles this weekend and they mentioned that a line up on the bluffs that had been left overnight in high winds ( I think Thursday night maybe ) had been vibrating in the wind and when they checked it in the morning the main line was about 70% cut and the back up static they run underneath also had serious sheath damage. They apparently put padding and protection between the lines, back up and the rock but this had been dislodged by the continuous over night winds and line movement.


ajfclark

3-Oct-2016
9:22:59 PM

I think they meant left over night Tuesday night.

We watched it thrumming away and the padding blowing away on Wednesday about an hour or two before they took it down during the high winds. Both lines were deflecting about as much as the backup is in this shot:

I guess the serious storm warning for gusts up to 100kmph etc wasn't a clue that they should take it down beforehand.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

3-Oct-2016
9:43:40 PM

On 3/10/2016 ajfclark wrote:
>(picture)
>Both lines were deflecting

I won't be putting my hand up to buy any slack-lines coming up for sale in the near future(!) ... as I imagine the constant whipping like that in the picture would be similar for the rope as taking multiple falls on it?
Yes the ropes are statics, but I can see it now when purchaser asks "rated for how many whips?"
Heh, heh, heh.

Re drones. I envisage interesting times ahead when people object to their privacy being invaded and carry sling-shots or similar to deal with them...

I also don't imagine that PV would think them a good thing to have flying around cliff-lines during Peregrine nesting season...


Jacques Shurmer

5-Oct-2016
10:50:00 AM

I'll try to write an extended post after work today.
It will aim to lay out the detailed facts (of which I have the best knowledge of on here in regard to highlining at Arapiles and slacklining scenes both in australia and overseas) then we can move forward with productive debate without poor speculation.
Im not prepared to engage in any personal arguments on here, so lets keep it productive and get some good info out there.


Sabu

5-Oct-2016
12:38:38 PM

Might be good to start a new thread focussing on the issue and prompt further discussion and debate.

dalai

5-Oct-2016
1:43:35 PM

On 5/10/2016 Sabu wrote:
>Might be good to start a new thread focussing on the issue and prompt further
>discussion and debate.

Agreed. My gripe is drones!

Slack line argument is in the next room...

hero

5-Oct-2016
3:16:21 PM

I like them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUnQ3F2Rwq4


JamesMc

5-Oct-2016
10:31:34 PM

As much as l find them incredibly annoying, I think drone based photography will be the basis of the next generation of climbing guides (the app type not the human type).


IdratherbeclimbingM9

19-Oct-2016
7:42:17 AM

Border Mail reported this morning that a Wallan man fined $777 for flying his drone in Mount Buffalo National Park last August.

He was also fined a further $777 for driving on a closed road...

TimP

19-Oct-2016
9:10:35 AM

On 19/10/2016 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>Border Mail reported this morning that a Wallan man fined $777 for flying
>his drone in Mount Buffalo National Park last August.
>
>He was also fined a further $777 for driving on a closed road...

Yess! New revenue source for Parks Vic!


ajfclark

19-Oct-2016
9:31:26 AM

Probably goes into consolidated funding not to Parks.


Superstu

19-Nov-2016
5:26:27 PM

Go Wilma the Wedgie!

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-17/wedge-tailed-eagles-bring-down-drones-in-goldfields/8033056?pfmredir=sm&sf42669983=1

dalai

27-Apr-2017
6:10:39 PM

Good news!

gfdonc

27-Apr-2017
7:40:21 PM

How is that good Dalai?

"All commercial photography is an offence."
The cost per day of permit is (I forget exactly but about) $135 per day that you wish to shoot pictures of climbers.
How many more climbing guidebooks do you think are ever going to get produced if that regulation is enforced? (Hint: less than one).

dalai

27-Apr-2017
9:50:59 PM

Like Araps needs another guide! .And pretty sure guidebooks existed before drones.

One Day Hero

27-Apr-2017
10:25:13 PM

On 27/04/2017 dalai wrote:
>Like Araps needs another guide!
Ooooh!

Good to hear you got some time on rock, Dalai. How did the elbows hold up?

kieranl

28-Apr-2017
8:46:02 AM

On 27/04/2017 gfdonc wrote:
>How is that good Dalai?
>
>"All commercial photography is an offence."
>The cost per day of permit is (I forget exactly but about) $135 per day
>that you wish to shoot pictures of climbers.
>How many more climbing guidebooks do you think are ever going to get produced
>if that regulation is enforced? (Hint: less than one).
>
Setting aside Simey's creekside mansion and garage of luxury cars, what makes you think that producing guidebooks is a commercial activity?

ps His co-editor has to wash dishes for a living

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