http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/07/20/dig-a-hole-build-a-fence-spending-the-weekend-outside/ Rants and musings, without care for substance. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/07/20/dig-a-hole-build-a-fence-spending-the-weekend-outside/#comment-4650 Slacklining and Me » Technology & MSG » Blog Archive Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:47:15 +0000 http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/07/20/dig-a-hole-build-a-fence-spending-the-weekend-outside/#comment-4650 [...] Over the weekend I experienced slacklining for the first time. It isn’t particularly new among the climbing community, but I just found out about it recently. While a friend and I were unloading a few tons of pea gravel into a hole I was trying to explain it to him. It turns out he had all of the necessary supplies in his climbing bag. After we were done unloading we setup a small twelve foot slackline between two trees in his yard. We used 3/4″ webbing (a bit thinner than normal) and a mechanical advantage as described by this hilarious hippy dude. At first your balance is horrible and your legs spasm uncontrollably. You need help mounting the line and a hand to prevent falling. You fall a few seconds after getting up but then you just get up again and try again. Your legs firm up pretty quickly and soon you’re balancing for 30-40 seconds. Then you are mounting the line by yourself. Then you take a step or two. We were both amazed at our progression over the course of 20-30 minutes. [...] [...] Over the weekend I experienced slacklining for the first time. It isn’t particularly new among the climbing community, but I just found out about it recently. While a friend and I were unloading a few tons of pea gravel into a hole I was trying to explain it to him. It turns out he had all of the necessary supplies in his climbing bag. After we were done unloading we setup a small twelve foot slackline between two trees in his yard. We used 3/4″ webbing (a bit thinner than normal) and a mechanical advantage as described by this hilarious hippy dude. At first your balance is horrible and your legs spasm uncontrollably. You need help mounting the line and a hand to prevent falling. You fall a few seconds after getting up but then you just get up again and try again. Your legs firm up pretty quickly and soon you’re balancing for 30-40 seconds. Then you are mounting the line by yourself. Then you take a step or two. We were both amazed at our progression over the course of 20-30 minutes. [...]

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