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PART 4: Control Side – Major Tagline | Horizontal Rigging

Major taglines employs two mainlines, and two belay lines at the same time. The two working in harmony, while one is in the lower mode, the other is in the raising mode. Major taglines are most often use to negotiate larger type gaps. In most cases the major tagline has two notable advantages over highlines. […]

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Major taglines employs two mainlines, and two belay lines at the same time. The two working in harmony, while one is in the lower mode, the other is in the raising mode. Major taglines are most often use to negotiate larger type gaps. In most cases the major tagline has two notable advantages over highlines.

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PART 5: Termination Side | TWIN BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging

The Termination Side: This video shows one of many methods to eliminate a knot in the trackline of a highline system. Depicted here is single prusik bypasses; one per each leg of the twin bundled system. The single prusik is a load cell in its own right…if the trackline is receiving too much tension they

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PART 1: Tensioning Side | QUAD BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging

Tensioning Side Tensioning a quad-bundle trackline is particularly rigging intensive and requires practice and patience. As with all trackline tensioning systems of highline construction, we must be diligent of not over tensioning. In addition, with all multi-bundles, equal tension is imperative. During this short video you will see how to rig a 3:1 on each

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PART 2: “A-Frame” | QUAD BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging

The “A” Frame The floating A Frame used in this video for the quad system is very similar to that of the single and the twin trackline, other than there are now four ropes encompassed in the trackline that we must manage. This segment addresses some of the specific aspects of a high directional anchor

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PART 3: Carriage System | QUAD BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging

Carriage System The carriage system for a quad bundle highline is very similar to the single trackline. The composite rigidity of 4 ropes is twice as much as that of 2…we can now keep our deflection at 2.5% of the overall length of span. This is a good system for heavy loads and/or extremely shallow

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PART 4: Gin Pole | QUAD BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging

The Gin Pole The floating gin pole (mono-pod) is a useful alternative for a high directional especially when trying to consolidate equipment. With proper guying in place, the gin pole works quite well as a high directional for the quad-bundle. Highline operations are dangerous. They are the most difficult of all vertical rescues. Under no

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PART 5: Termination Side | QUAD BUNDLE | Horizontal Rigging

The Termination Side This video depicts the termination of a quad-bundle trackline. Once again we are using prusik bypasses on each leg to eliminate the knot from the system. If these bypasses were to receive excessive tension, slipping would start to occur, thus easing the transfer of the load onto the termination knot. Highline operations

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