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Hanging Rock Swing 27-Nov-2013 At 6:44:48 PM Olbert

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On 27/11/2013 rhysd85 wrote:
>http://vimeo.com/62831996
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>A few pointers.
>
>Don't anchor off the block that sits on top of the peak.
>Anchor from an equalised anchor stemming from the bolts on the Grose side.
>
>Consider a back up line back up hanging rock to a tree.
>Rope protectors help.
>Try two ropes joined to an anchor, that is below the rock itself
>Either drop a line for ascension after each swing, or (requires more initial
>effort) set up a pulley system in the bush behind the jump point so that
>swingers can be hauled up from a really long trailing line (more can go
>wrong)
>Be careful - a small slip up can lead to a cut rope, falling off lost
>gear.
>Ride in on a bike - its quick and fun
>Have fun
>Being the guy who sets it up is scary on the first jump.
>
>

That seems like an epic set up! The efficiency of that is pretty dam good - you could get a jump in every 5 or 10 minutes. You must have refined this set up over a number of occasions.

Alternatively you can go a much more simple set up with just the swinging rope (and a backup), the way you get back up is just to jumar back up the rope. Much more simple but a lot slower. Also, this meant we had to dodgely get the swinging rope back round to the jump point - not as trivial a task as you first might think. We set up a hand rope around the cliff attached to all the trees so that at least we had some protection whilst setting up again. Doing it like this, we got a jump in every 40 minutes or so.

PS Good to see the bike was not just dumped into the valley.