Industrial Dreams

After spending the last 2 years hunting quarries 

and being out in nature I have felt the urge to rig

something urban, living far from cities makes this

quite a difficult task and as result I am always on the 

lookout for something that can be rigged.. like this beauty.

Hidden in the corner of an Industrial estate and awaiting

demolition are these 5 petroleum tanks on an abandoned site,

sitting dormant for the past 4 years this site is due to be cleared

and I had to get in to see if the tanks could be rigged..

After jumping a 7ft razor wire fence I was confronted with

years of overgrowth and lots of standing water, 

but it didn't take much to get in and around them and apart 

from some rust everything looks in pretty good condition..

At the back of the site I walked up the steps of the tank

and had a look around on top,

there's plenty of rigging options and everything looks

pretty strong so it might actually be possible..

The gap is 14m and the tanks are probably 7m high or more,

its full of obstacles and it could be a dangerous rig so might 

have to get a second opinion on this one but it was fun looking..

Hollow Hunter #3

Waiting for the weather to improve is boring

so although it was raining I rigged this new

69m long midline up the hollow..

'2long2low'
69m>12m^

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Quarry Hunter

When you have no mountains, how do you highline?

You start by getting all the OS maps for your local area
and begin hunting for disused quarry sites..

For the last 2 years I have spent a lot of time researching
the Mendip Hills area and seizing every opportunity I can to jump in
the car and explore the possible locations I have found, I really want to
try and develop the Somerset area by finding as many highline spots as
possible and hopefully establish some beautiful lines in the process..

Here are some photo's of a few places I have been hunting,
all lengths and heights are estimates for now..

Location #1

30m> 15m^

 25m> 15m^

 Location #2

180-200m> 40-50m^

90m> 20m^

Location #3

25m> 30m^

25m> 30m^
50m> 45m^

 125m> 45m^

Location #4

34m> 15m^

30m> 15m^

Location #5

 50-60m> ?^

Location #6

85m> 40m^

Location #7

40m>17m^

80m>30m^

Location #8

100m>30m^

Location #9

80m>25m^

Location #10

50m>20m^

Location #11

30m>10m^

Location #12

20m>15m^

Location #13

I still have more place's to search but all ready I am feeling
really positive that this year (2017) will see some great lines established
and as always new lines create new adventures..

(Original post 01/11/2015, Updated 11/02/2017)

Ham Hill Midline #2

An hour of clearing brambles and ivy vines

and I was rewarded with the second Ham Hill midline,

Sitting nicely to the right of the first line this new line is 

a few meters shorter but the same height and a lot easier to rig..

Whilst clearing I possibly discovered a new line rigged higher

in the quarry, hopefully spend a day clearing and rigging soon

and will see if it can work..

Hollow Hunter #2

When I first started to look for new lines up the Hollow 

I was quite happy with the new line but after a second rig

I realized that a couple of tree's are too close and the 

line needed to be moved, this was an unwelcome feeling

as this seemed perfect to start with but a whipper into those

tree's might have a bad outcome..

I had intended to use this new line to improve my 32m P.B

but I got distracted with spacenets and quarry hunting so I 

didn't find time to hunt for a new spot for a 40m+ line.. until now

This line is about 40m long (I hope) and has really good exposure,

you can mount safely around 2m out each side and walk-offs are easy

so I'm really stoked to get some training on the go locally so I can start

rigging some quarries in the spring..

'About time'
40m>12m^

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