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Drones 3-Oct-2016 At 12:22:11 PM kieranl

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On 3/10/2016 kieranl wrote:
>On 3/10/2016 simey wrote:
>>On 3/10/2016 kieranl wrote:
>>
>>>Can the lines be dropped when not in use, including overnight? I know
>>>setting them up again would be a pain, even with the rigging at each
>>end
>>>still in place, but they do create a problem if there's an accident.
>>
>>I imagine de-rigging and re-rigging slacklines constantly would be a
>pain
>>in the arse. On the rare occasions there is an accident and a slackline
>>happens to be in the way of a chopper rescue, then that is the time to
>>de-rig it.
>
>I can see that happening (not). Who's going to do that?

The problem with saying "Yes we can drop the lines" is that you can't guarantee it will be done quickly or that it can be done at all in the circumstances. If a chopper is coming to a serious incident it's usually there in about an hour from the call. That's not a lot of time to mobilise someone to go and de-rig a line. And if the accident is right below the highline, as it was last year, or there are climbers below, you can't just drop the line. You have to be able to get it down without further endangering people.

Yes accidents are infrequent but if people are going to do things such as high-lining, tyroleans, or even just leaving rap ropes set up they do have to be aware of the possible problems these can raise.