develop an understanding of
movement and focus.
It is almost the perfect rest day
activity because it promotes active
recovery after hardcore anaerobic
bouldering, and it bolsters mental
and subtentorial (cerebellar) aspects
of climbing. These aspects include:
1) focus, the constant awareness
necessary for learned movement; 2)
movement, the ability of your mind
to understand and react to your
body's position in space; 3)
composure, the ability to remain
calm and respond properly without
emotional distraction such as fear.
Slacklining is also ridiculously fun. It
is such a new sport that there is
plenty of room to be creative and
create new tricks. As far as I know,
most FA's have been left undone.
It's like having a whole new crag to
develop! (and you can set it up
almost anywhere...)
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1. Relax
2. Start on a low and loose slack line.
3. As you improve, work both sides
equally with each trick
4. Walk different lengths of line, heights,
and tensions as much as possible.
5. Surf
6. Surf more
7. Practice mounts fast at first and then
slow and controlled.
8. Bounce around alot
(still from the Try Hard DVD.)
during the fall. Don't lose your composure. Focus
and redirect the energy of the fall into a roll or
some other force-disapating measure. LEARN TO
FALL WELL. It is a skill that will help prevent injury.
Highballs become no threat at all!
10. Commit to every movement as you improve.
You will get to the point when you have to try to fall
off. It becomes easy.
11. Push your limits!
The beta on setting up a line:
1) Tie one end to a tree using a lot of slack (6ft). Tie
an overhand knot with a bight (thanks John!)
passed through it so it can pull the bight out at the
end of the session and relieve tension from the
line. Then back it up in the same fashion with the
bight just made [overhand knot with the bight then
put another bight (four layers) through...]
2) Tie a girth hitch around a second tree on a
separate small loop of webbing.
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(Getting up out of the trick is more difficult then getting into it!)
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