How I rigged a complex 291m highline in Yosemite BY MYSELF in 12 hours
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2019
- This was a dream of mine for years. Justin Smestad and I helped Jerry Miszewski and Faith Dickey establish this in 2015, I rigged it with Friedi Kuhne, Lukas Irmler and Kyle Lovett in 2018 and now this time I rigged it 100% by myself in 11hrs 59min while I was hanging out with my friends Nick McPherson and Brian Ward. I believe this is the largest line ever rigged completely solo and it’s Yosemite’s longest line currently. I did enough pulling to equal hauling a 120lb haul bag up the entire face of El Capitan because of the Z dragging. I was only able to do this because Emily May hit me up on her way to Yosemite to tell me about their secret project with a Canadian group (Jan blazek Jirka georga Maurie kowalski) and I realized their line would have been up after I’ve been packing for 2 weeks for this and I can’t go later because GGBY and next year the area is closed for road construction. They were super kind enough to wait to rig it until I was done with this project in this video. I rigged it with the intention of rope swinging which went successful and will be in another episode. I did not walk this line because of the time crunch and Emily had a time crunch as well. She did great on it. Crossing it 3x with not that much time left in the day. Here is the story of this line being rigged! Dreams do come true with enough webbing, packing and stoke!
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I don't think I'd ever rope swing, but if I did I'd want it to be on your line. I love your attitude, attention to detail and the process, and good nature! Love your videos!
“I love rigging” that is an understatement.
An amazing statement out of context
Who doesn’t love watching people suffer for no good reason
love the ropeswing man, fills my trousers even from way over here. Nice job rigging this beast, keep em comin'!
I love your channel and how candid you are . From Australia thank you and keep up the good work and never give up 💪
Holy cow, man. So much respect for the work you put in. That was one hell of a tire swing!!
I have never thought this was so rad until now. You're videos are perfect tutorials for safety and best parties. Sad to see this channel end. I wish you had more information on climbing
Awesome your taking it to new levels alot lately.
Bloody awesome.
I love a good rigging session to. Really gets the grey matter working.
Great job and thanks for sharing
1st time ever watching anytime like this and I always wondered how these ropes were pulled across. never though a fishing pole would be in use.
This channel needs way more views. Awesome content
Respect bro! Congrats!
Congrats man...Looked like alot of work solo, but worth it in the end
you're a legend. inspirational
"I'm doing this solo" -this guy
"Am I a freakin joke to you?"-cameraman
I like to use a crash pad as a burrito drag on the flaked side instead of a z-drag. Those big biners are cool.
Awesome video!
that was really good :) i like your videos thanks
Great video!
mad respect
28:35 ayooooo that adrenaline rush must had felt insane
"I'M AAAALLLIIIIIIVVE!!!"
@@Inexpressable “oh look a rock”
@@Inexpressable I was cringing at that so hard lol, before you say " well if you did it you would probably say the same" nope, been there done that. :P Great video though haha, but thats when i went "I've seen enough".
@@Navilicous I get you. different people, different mindsets for sure. i feel like i would've just been quiet and humbled myself while doing it - but everyone's different
@@Inexpressable Yeah same thing I did.
I fully respect any guy willing to do something like this. Doesn't mean I won't cringe a little internally if they scream I'm alive at the top of their lungs 5+ times :P
I just think its funny thats all, no hate towards my man here.
Awesome! Entertaining: "I'M ALIIIIIIIIVE!" 😆
Nice to see you on the tv show 🥳🥳🥳🥳 it runs here in Romania 💯💯💯💯
Crazy crazy stuff 🎉
looks like you used a ZenMonkey Slacklines Tree Protector at 7:00 ! I love that company, best intro-level slackline kit ever ;)
Ryan's attention to detail is allot like mine and I would not think twice about jumping on a line he had rigged. But being the lazy POS I am, I would be bringing my Maxis XD1 tugger to do the pulling for me. Nice work there sir!
I just can’t get over where the span of these high lines have gone in recent years. When people watch all of these unreal videos from Morocco and Turkey and BC on youtube and see someone sending a line and we read “100m sag” (or whatever the proper nomenclature is) I don’t think it computes with viewers “hey that one inch wide webbing has a 20+ story building of swag in the line” The whole thing is just mind blowing. It’s the most insane thing humans can do in 2022. IMO it even blows the doors off of wing suit stuff because there are professional sports level safeties built in that (regrettably) wing suiting completely lacks at present. One seems like it’s moving in the direction of rock climbing whereas the other seems like it’s moving to being outlawed pretty much everywhere. Also what about all these badass girls waking the lines? Freakin mind blowing.
But how did you get the initial fishing line across the canyon? Or did I miss something?
Also, some hikers will have been quite confused, seeing someone using a fishing pole up there, as if you are fishing for a mythical mountain fish!
I have never rock climbed in my life, but have been binging on your videos these days, and have been living vicariously through all you guys. Great stuff.
I usually do it with a drone.
Just a good cast
hey did i miss something? how did you get the fishing line across the canyon? step 1? were you able to walk it around the ridge, or downclimb and then upclimb through the canyon, or can you fly it across with a drone!? you're awesome btw and props for doing big stuff solo
???
Yeah what's the point of a video that completely skips the main quettion?
Don't rely on me for advice on how [not] to highland, but I am pretty sure he walked around. No drones in the national parks.
@@professorsogol5824 The point is we don't get how he walked it round without it snagging on every single tree.
@@turkeyphant The Pohono Trail stays close to the Valley rim
He organisation of yor wall is sooo satisfying.
Quick question: for the double tagline method, rather than having to pull twice a fishing rope which looks like a enormous pain couldn't you just have the second tagline attached to the first one and pull it accros similarly to how you would then pull the webbing?
My friend actually tried this. It didn't work and he died.
Your videos make my Palms sweat. Very stressful....but I likes it
nice work!
You are just good enough!
For science !!! Ryan thanks for you being you !!
Just watching the video makes my heart skip a beat, 😵💫🙃
So you setup the line. To away for the night and in the morning you jump without knowing if someone tempered with it?
Your my kind of crazy keep it up
2:21 how did you get the fishing line from there to here?
im really confused... did he walk the line from one end to the other???
Ive always wondered how they tied those ropes off.
How did he get the fishing line across? Thats the first step and he never explained how it was done.
How does he get up after the tire swing?
nice one!
Epic
amazing bro, inspirational video
Wait, maybe I missed it, tried to go back and find it, but how did he get the tag line across? I'm still confused.
how did you get the fishing line across?
How did you get the first fishing line across?
I have a question regarding purple sling, that you are using around the tree. Is it rated only for 1000kg.? It looks like there is written WLL 1 Tone?
Those are commonly rated for 8000-12000 lbs, sorry for not having a coversion, so a 5:1 would be between 1600lbs to 2400lbs(7Kn- 10.6kn)
@@Lazybiker60 purple are 1T yes. Color code.
Did i miss the part where you actually put the fishing line over? That would have been super interesting as well.. either way, super interesting video! I mean super imteresting enough...😅
Crazy impressive by the way! Also curious about how you got the fishing line across. Drone?
That's a solid question
No drones allowed in Yosemite... He said in a different video, you can cast the fishing line from both sides. Then climb down the valley and tie them together.
6 ounce weight on the line with an 80 pound shock leader you could cast clear across the valley without hitting bottom.
Bow and arrow ?
Watched the full video and I still have no idea what was going on :S
Isn't wrapping the rope around your hand also bad, much like attaching it to you? It's something you specifically avoid when using rags around wood lathes and similar, in case it gets caught and pulls your hand into the machine
BAD ASS
Hi! Are you coming to Potrero Up High?
What was the dyno reading???
how does he get back up tho
Holy cow, did he actually hit the rock??
is that what I think it is, on the bottom left of your wall at 23:00?
Idk how people do this me jumping from like 15ft into water i legit almost threw out my back from tensing up to much
could you attach a battery powered drill to the reel and use it to save time and effort, maybe use the clutch on the drill to make sure you don't break the fishing line
sure... but not in a national park haha
Use an older 2 speed fishing reel like Shimano TLD 50 they are cheap on eBay
Maybe this is just a lack of experience... but you really have no worries with a single purple span set girth hitched to one tree with a span of 291 meters? Wouldn’t you want to back that anchor up with another tree at least?
In line, that purple spanset breaks at 80kn. In a basket it is double. My webbing breaks at 30kn. No reason to back up tree, because if it comes out, i'm getting pulled down if the spanset is still attached to it. There is no more force on a 291 meter line than a 29 meter line (at peak force)
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Lol bear grills 😂🙉 what a cheep shot lol ok dude we see you ain't fake
Crqzy man...thanks
this guy's favorite word is bzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
Need a drone for the fish line
did anyone notice a huge black thingy in left botom corner of his gear wall, is that a ginormous buttplug ???
How does he get back uo
You have a film crew but you are also self filming?
I've never done this before, is it safe to try without any training or experience at all?
The real question is how much did this setup cost?
In tree work or tree gear thats couple thousand. Not sure rock climbing world
Jenks checkout a kite reel for pulling in fishing line. I can send one to you
Fly the fishing line with a drone bro
if you use the whole fishing rod it will be easier to reel in
you have to ask the park persmision i guest?
Awesome video ⭐️👌 If you ever stop posting we know why. 😰 I enjoy your content, please be safe.🎗🌻
You you got Emely out on rope and your showing rocks damit wanted to see how she did she looked like she was doing awsome you would love being a tree climber taking hole trees down knowing knots and weights a you would love its we need to make zip lines and all kinds od stuff to be a realy good riger. We youse same stuff are rope are heavyier but same knots and the sadel is heavier
Almost
Pro tip: Use IKEA bags as rope bags.
BUT WHY ARENT YOU USING SOFT SHACKLES ON spanset
is that what i think it is on your gear wall at 23:10???
Yes bro I was wondering the same thing
It's for the other kind of "rigging" haha
Your sim when his higiene is low 11:01
Ya I love Taft point but f*** your wedding photos strait up 😂 100%
I would shit my pants. Like literally.
All it would take is one karen or one crazied hiker to unhook a rope dude
i'd still wear a parachute.
In an aircraft im fine but on edges i get vertigo, worst in buildings because i know it hasnt been there for thousands of years and human error is evident everywhere.
#legsofsteel
"Fuck me". He says as he is falling ..
Sounds like what id say...
IIIMMM ALLIIIIIVVVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well then
a bit late i know, and a bit safety nazi i know but, if you advise people to not attatch a line to them while having a line wraped around your hand tree times, that kinda makes me wonder....
Bro next time put a camera by the other gear so you can see what's happening without having to walk over there and there are apps that let you turn old phones into CCTV if you don't want to risk something more expensive
8:42
5to1, somebody's over there screwing with you for ruining there photos 😂
Wish I had this kind of time to waste. Better yet wish I had that kind of money to waste.
1 word.... Drone.
F&$# me. (2 secs later) I’m alive