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Hanging Rock Swing 4-May-2010 At 8:11:15 PM SteveC

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Haven't done it myself, but went out there to have a look a while ago for slacklining motivation.
Question for anyone out there qualified to answer: Is the anchor on the Hanging rock really the bar fridge sized block nestled atop of some shale at the prow??? Maybe there are bolts over on the Grose side. Or do you merrily lash the bloc to Hanging Rock itself???

Whilst on the topic, I might be completely retarded about all things bridge swing, but I could not work out the Knapsack bridge anchor config either. the bolts are on the upstream side so jumping off the downstream side would pull you into or uncomfortably close to an established turpentine which happens to grow on the upstream side, whereas there is a clear path all the way to penrith on the down side. There are all sorts of ways of rigging this up so you dont end up doing a retarded koala impersonation, but it would involve static rope to span two lanes and a lot more general faff. And how then, when the Highway still ran over the bridge, did the delinquent youth of the day stage their jumps as tourist buses drove past???

Someone draw a diagram to clear this up please.