Biggest Hammock, Must Slackline to it.
Ever wish your living room was 607 square feet? How about if it was suspended 492 feet above the ground, and 213 feet from the nearest piece of solid footing? That was basically the idea behind the "pentagon space net" – a slackline-suspended, over-sized hammock that hung above the Fruit Bowls outside Moab, Utah. World renowned slackliner, 'Sketchy' Andy Lewis, came up with the idea wanted to create a sharable space where everybody could meet in the middle of a canyon. The line suspended by five double-stacked slacklines totalling over 1,969 feet in length. The net itself required two 230-foot climbing ropes, 197 feet of line for the "ring" and 16,404 feet of paracord.The space net hung for over a week and well over 250 people visited the net, with quite a few spending the night. There were over 200 BASE jumps made through a circular hole in the middle of the net, where there was a safe, but wobbly, take-off. While it wasn't cheap – Andy estimates the material and costs to be nearly $50,000 – but, all in all, the project was a major success. “It was awesome because the BASE jumpers wanted to highline, the highliners got to see BASE in person,” Andy said. “It was really cool! And a huge help to all the Moab Monkeys – people like Brian Mosbaugh, Hayley Ashburn, who made it happen!”
I started Slacklining at the beginning of the school year and I am still doing it twice a
week, since it's winter time, I would do more if it was nicer out. I am starting to learn
stuff on the trick line so I could do more than just walk and do yoga poses on it.
Slacklining is a nice way to relieve stress and to hang out with people who know how
to do it and learn how. I plan on getting my own line soon to practice more. I am not a
fan of heights so I might not go as high as Andy Lewis and his friends.
There is no way in hell I would visit this place. First of all, the payoff doesn't even seem worth it. Fifty thousand dollars for a week long hammock? Please. I guess if you're into that stuff it would be cool. I'm not into heights either, but slacklining at a reasonable height, that's a different story.
ReplyDeleteI've tried slackline a few times (my friend Jenny is a big fan of Slackline maybe you know her?) But I could never do it very well, although I keep wishing I could try it again and get better. Practice makes perfect right? Maybe I'll try again in the spring-time. It looks fun though and this hammock actually looks like a good time to me too!
ReplyDeleteThat would be the best place to take a nap in, I bet.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to slackline ever since I was introduced to it in Plattsburgh. This seems like really cool way to change up the experience of slacklining. Although I do agree with Russell in that it seems really expensive for what you get out of it, but money is money why not spend it on something awesome that will bring people together!
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