 | BoltBuster behind the scenes | Climbing and highline bolts break tests in slow motion
27. 10. 2019 05:28:04
Watch a 10mm x 100mm Solid Leg 40kn rated climbing bolt snap its weld at 30.28kn and watch a forged Hely PLX glue in bolt from Fixe Hardware 28kn rated bust at 30.94kn. We break all sorts of climbing bolts in all sorts of situations to find out how they actually perform. This episode focuses more ... |
 | Inov Split tape techniques | Taping segmented highlines
30. 10. 2019 14:30:01
All my webbing is in 50 meter sections now. Watch how I tape my main and backup slackline webbings together, add an extension and connect 2 pairs together with an inov split. If you have ideas that could make this better, please leave a comment. Please see our other Inov Split videos for how it w... |
 | GGBY by Drew Balfour | Amazing desert highline festival
1. 11. 2019 14:30:00
Drew Balfour created this episode (with his footage and footage from Scott Rogers and Anders Carlson) about GGBY 2018. Find tickets at www.ggbygathering.org Learn Highlining at https://www.slackline.com/highlining101 ... |
 | climbing and highline bolt break tests | Fixe glue in with Hilti 500 v3 | BoltBuster
2. 11. 2019 14:58:18
Fixe hardware glue in bolt installed with Hilti 500 v3 epoxy tested in shear in our concrete tests pulled the bolt out of the hole at 55.88kn and 60.02kn and 49.70kn. - with Bobby HuttonHIGHLINE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL... |
 | in Yosemite | World's largest tire swing
4. 11. 2019 18:00:58
World's largest tire swing with (not on) pink tube!!! I love bagging pointless non-verifiable world records to make fun of slackline world records. Oh, here is another stupid one. I rigged the 291m line this is attached to 100% solo, other than my camera guys Nick McPherson and @BrianWard giving me ... |
 | fancy ass patterns in the GGBY spacenet | How NOT to weave spacenets
6. 11. 2019 15:30:00
BEST PRICE ON PARACORD https://amzn.to/2vauJnRHow are all the fancy patterns woven in the spacenet for GGBY Highline Gathering? Our expert weaver, Charlie Sand (@charlies_webs), shows us. All these monkeys helped until their fingers bled: Michael T Vanderburg, Thanatos Mors, Tati Gaia Permact, Ja... |
 | Fusion climbing hangers bought on amazon broke below MBS | Bolt Buster
9. 11. 2019 15:30:01
Fusion stainless steel climbing hangers bought from https://amzn.to/2JLoBq2 are rated for 30kn and broke at 31.10kn and 29.56kn and 31.22kn. They sell zinc plated bolts - please dont use those outside! At over $5 a piece they are not really a deal. Tested with a Simpson strong tie TitenHD concret... |
 | How I rigged complex 291m highline in Yosemite BY MYSELF in 12 hours
13. 11. 2019 15:30:00
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 McPhe... |
 | Fixe Hardware Hely PLX-HCR climbing and highline bolt break test | BoltBuster
16. 11. 2019 15:30:01
Fixe Hardware's Hely PLX-HCR forged glue in bolts, installed with Hilti 500 v3 epoxy, snapped in shear at 30.94kn and 29.80kn and 27.74kn. This is one of the few bolts that only requires a 3/8' hole and the duplex stainless supposedly gives it more corrosion resistance. Please don't bolt if you do... |
 | Bolting Bible | Where To Drill Holes for Climbing and Highlining Bolts
20. 11. 2019 15:30:01
Once you drill holes in a rock, they are there forever. Consider carefully IF and WHERE you place bolts before bolting climbing routes or when you establish highlines. See our EQUALIZATION IS A MYTH series on our channel for bolt patterns as that determines where the holes will go as well. ... |
 | 10mm solid leg x 100mm climbing and highline bolt break test | Bolt Buster
23. 11. 2019 15:30:00
10mm solid leg x 100mm 316ss bolt from www.bolt-products.com (Europe) and www.team-tough.com (USA) is rated for 40kn and we tested in with Hilti 500 v3 epoxy glue (4 months expired) in shear with no notch. Snapped bolt or weld at 43.80kn and 51.14kn and 53.30 and one sample blew a hole in our PLYW... |
 | How do you organize 2km long highline project. Interview with Danny Bouchard in Asbestos Canada
27. 11. 2019 15:30:00
What does it take to coordinate 30 people to do a world record project? More work than it does to walk across a 2 kilometer long highline. Danny Bouchard shares with us about his experience as the lead organizer of the Asbestos 2.0 event on a net donated by @treeweaves. ... |
 | climbing and highline bolt break test | ⅜” zinc plated red heads | Bolt Buster
30. 11. 2019 15:30:01
We tested the lowest bolt on the bolting totem pole. Cheap red heads. red heads broke in shear at 20.50kn and 22.24kn and 19.22kn. Please don't bolt if you don't need to and use titanium if near the ocean and never use plated steel bolts outside. With Bobby Hutton... |
 | Slackline sewn loop science by Raed Slacklines
4. 12. 2019 15:30:03
Stephan Chalkowski from Raed Slacklines shared about his vast research into sewn loops in an ISA saftey meeting (http://www.slacklineinternational.org/) in Bern Switzerland. It was super interesting to me as I have studied this subject in depth because they are not redundant. If we are wrong abou... |
 | climbing and highline bolt break test | dewalt powerstud stainless wedge bolt | Bolt Buster
7. 12. 2019 15:30:08
Wow. ½ dewalt power studs proved to be hard to break with our early setup. Tested in shear in concrete, we had the first one break the hanger at 48.88kn and the 2nd one didnt break at 54.94kn and the last one we finally snapped at 60.92. WITH A 30KN FIXE HANGER!!! If you're working with solid rock... |
 | How to drill holes in rocks for climbing and highlining bolts | Bolting Bible
11. 12. 2019 15:30:00
We demonstrate how to drill holes in rocks for climbing and highlining bolts in this video. This is the 3rd chapter of the Bolting Bible where you can learn A-Z about bolting highlines and climbs - https://www.hownot2.com/boltingbible... |
 | I jumped off Taft Point, Yosemite
18. 12. 2019 15:30:00
We love rope jumping and we found a new spot. We did 2 jumps, one with a tire just to be funny and one holding my iphone 11 to see how stable it is. We attached this to the 291m long highline we rig there. ... |
 | Horizontal climbing hanger break test in slow motion | BoltBuster
21. 12. 2019 15:30:02
Horizontal Fixe hangers for climbing lower offs broke at 20.74kn, 21.22kn, 20.20kn when pulled in shear. We tested zinc plated hangers but if you install these outside please use stainless steel found at https://fixehardware.com/index.php/fixe-ss-3-8-horizontal-bolt-hanger.html. Please don't bolt ... |
 | 50 climbing bolts breaking in sandstone
25. 12. 2019 15:30:01
We can learn so much in watching bolts break in 5 minutes about the nature of how they work. You can see that they don't always come out of the rock, but the hangers come off, hangers snap, welds break, and bolts snap. How much force did they come out at? The Bolting Bible will have that soon but... |
 | Split shaft climbing bolts break tested in slow motion | BoltBuster
28. 12. 2019 15:30:00
3/8' threaded top split shaft bolts are super hard to hammer in and they snapped in tension at 22.52kn and 17.12kn and the snapped in shear at 37.50kn. These bolts were donated by Greg Barnes from the ASCA (http://www.safeclimbing.org/index.htm). Please don't bolt if you don't have to and if you d... |
 | Base Jump Moab | Tandem Base Jump with Andy Lewis
1. 01. 2020 15:30:02
Andy Lewis surprised me with a tandem base jump off the GGBY Highline Gathering net. What a cool experience!!! Huck your meat at https://www.basejumpmoab.comWith Sylvan Slacks and Ben DickoHighline University, Bolting Bible, Book of Slack... all the good stuff is at https://www.hownottohighline.com... |
 | Crux Monster climbing bolts tested in 45 degrees with slow motion | BoltBuster
8. 01. 2020 15:30:00
We tested 12mm crux monster bolts from http://www.bolt-products.com/ in a 45 degree angle in order to simulate the anchors we have at the GGBY festival. https://ggbygathering.org/ We had very different results with our shear and tension test in sandstone vs concrete samples. We cover all the numb... |
 | 88 Ford Econoline van build out tour | How NOT to Vanlife
15. 01. 2020 15:30:00
Welcome to HowNOTto Vanlife - a series showing off different slackliner vans to give you lots of ideas for your build out. Ash and Callen show us their 88 ford econoline vanlife setup. Sponsored by www.basejumpmoab.com ... |
 | Slings, dog bones, and ropes | Break testing OLD Climbing gear on Slacksnap
22. 01. 2020 15:30:04
We broke a bunch of super old climbing gear donated by Layne Zuelke on our slacksnap machine.The good results we had in this video does NOT mean old gear is safe. Everything has an expiration date, don't find out what yours is.... |
 | How to rig 350lb spacenet with only few people | Highline rigging 2.0
29. 01. 2020 15:30:02
Before GGBY (https://ggbygathering.org/) we set up the net for some silly shenanigans but only had a few people. Andy Lewis rigged his nanogon spacenet with the 'shower curtain method' near this area so we gave it a try. Watch us learn how not to do it. ... |
 | Rolex from Spider Slacklines and Equillibrium | Highline lineslide
2. 02. 2020 03:46:51
Today was the first time I used the Rolex lineslide from http://www.eqb.cz/rollex_en.html and https://spider-slacklines.com/shop/en/rollex/353-1492-rollex-highline-carabiner-pulley.html#/323-select_model-classic_simple_gate/326-choose_rollex_colour-gold.... |
 | Behind the scenes of my slacklife | Bewilderness Podcast with HowNOTtoHighline
4. 02. 2020 23:20:20
Kyle Murphy and I did a podcast talking about all this slacklife in my life. Learn about the channel, behind the scenes and about my life on this podcast. Find more podcasts from Kyle at https://www.bewildernesspodcast.com/podcast . Thank you @triple_dbl for editing!... |
 | Camp & Maillon Rapide quick Links are all rated the same when cross loaded? Slow Motion | SlackSnap
5. 02. 2020 14:59:02
Yann Camus from https://blissclimbing.com/en/online-courses/ posted a question about quick links in his video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A69FgeaajE&t= . He asked why climbing quick links are all rated 10kn when they are cross loaded. As we can see in this video the quick links don't fail at ... |
 | Van Life with WOOD STOVE with Spencer Seabrooke
9. 02. 2020 17:29:49
Van life is one way to live the slacklife and if you are going to do it in cold weather, this is creative way to stay warm. Spencer Seabrooke from www.SlacklifeBC.com gives us a tour of his van at the GGBY festival (www.ggbygathering.org). Sponsored by www.basejumpmoab.com.... |
 | How we rigged the giant space net for GGBY and walked slackline set up in the middle
12. 02. 2020 15:30:01
This project was a collaboration from so many slackers, ideas and crossed fingers that it was very exciting to have it officially rigged for www.ggbygather.org . The net was hand woven in my living room and in the park square by an amazing team over several months. Thank you to @charlies_webs @mi... |
 | 2005 Ford Econoline E-250 4x4 with Olympian Wave 3 heater | Vanlife Series
17. 02. 2020 01:49:12
Josh Kean Daum (@joshkean) spends a lot of time in the snow and he built out his van for van life to accommodate the snow sports he loves. He uses an Olympian Wave 3 heater found at https://amzn.to/2HwESxD for low emissions to keep his van warm.... |
 | how much forces does it generate? Climbing Science | Lead falls in climbing gyms
19. 02. 2020 15:30:02
What forces are generated during a lead fall at a climbing gym? At Pipeworks climbing gym in Sacramento, CA, Michael Melner, TJ Gillick and Ryan Kowalski do some falling for science. We put dynamometers on the climber, belayer and the quickdraw in order to find out how many kilonewtons we generate... |
 | break test in slow motion | 6 TITANIUM glue in climbing bolts | Bolt Buster
26. 02. 2020 15:30:02
The Titan Eterna's shocked us that we got very similar results in both shear and tension when we did our break tests in granite with Hilti 500 v3 epoxy glue. We got in shear 45.88KN, 51.32KN, and 44.88KN. ... |
 | Tour school bus conversion. OMG the GAS - Van life in the short bus
2. 03. 2020 00:55:29
Daniel Tulberg and Christine Mason have traveled and partied in their school bus van life conversion. They have taken it down to Honduras and back up. Fuel doesn't last long but the space is great. They can bake cookies and pizza in their oven! They have a patio and solar on the roof. Follow th... |
 | Limiter Knots are NOT redundant | Mammut Dyneema Climbing Slings gear break test in slow motion
4. 03. 2020 15:00:32
We tested Mammut 8.0 dyneema climbing slings found at https://amzn.to/38rsNoA pulled normal, sliding x and with limiter knots. We also tested new vs old and found dyneema doesn't hold up well! Also limiter knots, when broken from force, break in the knot and the whole thing unravels so it isn't re... |
 | Van life tour in Winnebago Revel Sprinter Van
7. 03. 2020 20:36:35
Chris Merenlander (@merdi167) shows us his Winnebago Revel 4x4 Sprinter van and some upgrades he did. This is one expensive way to van life at $100,000! We are doing a van life series on this channel so check out our other videos on our van life playlists https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3... |
 | These are way more fun than Tree Houses | How NOT to install Tree Net
11. 03. 2020 14:30:02
We look at an 8 year old tree net (I didn't build it!) that is deteriorating and strangling a tree and try to do some repairs with paracord. The best price we found on paracord has been at https://amzn.to/3cM1Oas. Please stay clipped in while working in a tree. Please only build these in healthy ... |
 | Replacing split shaft climbing bolts with Powers Bolts at Sugar Loaf
18. 03. 2020 14:30:04
Bobby Hutton and I show you the process of removing split shaft climbing bolts for an anchor at Sugar Loaf in Tahoe California and replacing it with 1/2' SS Powers bolts donated by ASCA (https://www.safeclimbing.org/). The Bolting Bible 2.020 version is now complete with 133 pages, 426 photos and 2... |
 | awesome van conversion | Living the Van Life in an AMBULANCE
23. 03. 2020 00:18:28
Ethan Arkin did a van conversion on an ambulance he bought for van life. We did this van tour at https://www.ggbygathering.org and you can follow Ethan's adventures on https://www.instagram.com/spaceworks_ee/... |
 | Replacing Climbing Wedge Bolts with Powers Bolts at Sugar Loaf in Tahoe
25. 03. 2020 14:30:00
Bobby Hutton shows us how to remove climbing wedge bolts on a climbing route at Sugar Loaf in Tahoe California and replacing it with 1/2' SS Powers bolts donated by ASCA (https://www.safeclimbing.org/). ... |
 | Pop Up Trailer Build Out for Burning Man | Van life series
28. 03. 2020 14:30:04
Robby Stowe (@stageninjapro) built out a pop up trailer for burning man. This tour was ironically done in the snow at https://www.ggbygathering.org and he explains how he adapted. <br><br> Learn Highlining at https://www.slackline.com/highlining101 ... |
 | Podcast of broken jaw - Climbing lead fall with rope in mouth
1. 04. 2020 15:30:00
Sarah Sacky shares in this podcast about when she was lead climbing and took a bite of rope in her mouth to clip a quick draw higher but slipped. Broken jaw, couldn't smile, lost tooth! We all put ropes in our mouth from time to time... how would you do it safer???... |
 | How to do shoulder stands on slackline
5. 04. 2020 16:47:41
@Ian_Eisenberg from @slackline_mallorca and @equilibrium_slacklines shows us how to do a shoulder stand on a slackline. With @camipaz.ramirez. If you want to produce a video to be shared on this channel please message me.... |
 | Slow motion break tests on new & abused gear - Are MicroFractures Myth in climbing carabiners
8. 04. 2020 15:30:04
We bought 6 Mammut Crag Wire Gates (https://amzn.to/2UN6G8b) and 6 Mammut Wall Micro Locks (https://amzn.to/3aSf77O) to test if microfractures were a myth. We abused 3 of each and broke test all of them on our slacksnap machine. Watch to see if any of them lost strength!... |
 | unboxing PUZZLE SLACKRACK by Moer (great for yoga) | Slackline inside or without trees
12. 04. 2020 17:22:08
The Puzzle Slackrack is a fun slackline if you are limited on space, don't have trees, or can't put holes in your walls inside. It's great for yoga excercises too. You can buy one at https://www.facebook.com/SlacklineCollective/ (just message them). We don't get a kickback if you buy these, we jus... |
 | where and how to install anchors plus break tests | Set up Slackline INSIDE
15. 04. 2020 15:30:10
Rig a slackline inside your house safely. We show you where to put your anchors, how to make and fill holes, and break test screws and eye bolts. Share with someone that wants a slackline in their house!... |
 | Epic Wingsuit Stunt Wins Go Pro 2020 Challenge Award
18. 04. 2020 15:30:04
Back in November 2019, we had 4 humans fly through the giant hole in the giant net we weaved. It won the Go Pro Million Dollar Challenge Award https://youtu.be/MKunD8H3G-8 (no we did not win a million a dollars!). ... |
 | human testing in Yosemite | Climbing anchor shock loads are myth
22. 04. 2020 15:30:13
If one bolt or cam fails on a sliding X, does the shock load create enough force to be dangerous. Many put limiter knots half way up the slings on both sides in order to limit the shock load but that reduces the strength of your sling significantly. So I use my body to see what it feels like when s... |
 | Leeper and Welded Cold Shut Old Climbing Hanger Break Tests
25. 04. 2020 15:30:02
Clay Lippincott from https://cabrp.org/ donated some old hangers, and we broke them in our Bolt Buster concrete. Check out the Bolting Bible on our website. Everything is FREE and at https://www.hownot2.com/... |
 | with Sketchy Andy Lewis | Two Sketchiest ways to tag highline
29. 04. 2020 15:30:04
Andy Lewis (@sketchyandylewis) is getting more responsible but sometimes he still does sketchy things. Sylvan Christensen (@sylvanslacks) droned over a 1/8' or 3mm Technora 12 cord that Andy got from his super bowl project attached to a taped open carabiner and hooked the chain on the Witch tower ... |