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Liquid Insanity 17-Apr-2018 At 11:27:55 AM feetoffground

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On 16-Apr-2018 Climb Point Perp wrote:
>I went and checked out these slacklining / highlining anchors over the
>weekend. It turns out that there are in fact three sets of triple bolt
>anchors. The anchors are on top of Liquid Insanity, the mega classic ‘Rex
>Hunt’s Love Child’ and ‘American Bikini Jam’. I wasn’t looking very hard
>so there may be others. Anyone who knows Point Perp would know that these
>are all located right in front of the lighthouse enclosure which is a popular
>public lookout. Given the large number of suitable locations for highlines
>at Point Perp I think that going right in front of the lookout shows a
>real lack of judgement. It’s best for public relations to keep a low profile
>and slacklining in right in front of the general public doesn’t fit with
>that.
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>Another thing I think Chockstone readers might be interested to know is
>that according to their website “Feet Off Ground is a grass roots slackline
>and adventure COMPANY based in Sydney, Australia”. This was notably omitted
>in Feet Off Grounds post. Are people paying to use these slacklines? Are
>these bolts just for an advertising stunt? I also wonder why the hangers
>were removed from the threaded rod in the first place.
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>I ran into one of the Rangers in the car park and had an interesting conversation
>with them on the subject of slacklining. Needless to say they have access
>to instagram just like everyone else and are getting tired of dealing with
>the problems it attracts.
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There are 4 anchors and 3 potential Highlines that can be rigged in various configurations, there are no others in front of the lighthouse.

I am one of the co founders of Feet Off Ground, but these are not commercial Highlines, in fact there is no such thing as that in Australia, as insurance would be too difficult to get here. I digress, the point is this was not a commercial or advertisement stunt, it was simply a beautiful spot where I wanted to Highline. We could argue about the “judgement” of Highlining in this particular area though - sure there are other areas that are suitable, but the cliffs are very sheer in front of the lighthouse and there’s no potential to hit anything if you fall, and that’s why I chose that spot.

As I mentioned in a previous post though, I am happy to remove any/all of these lighthouse anchors, if the consensus is it’s not a good idea.

The reason the hangers were originally removed is because they are much less of a visual impact without them. In terms of placing them on top of popular climbs, I have climbed all of those routes and I found that none of them were adversely affected by these Highline bolts, and in some cases made for a much better spot to belay. But if people still don’t like it, I’ll chop hem, no questions asked.

In fact if anyone else chimes in that these bolts are no good, I will take that as a sign enough to remove them. My only defence and reason for placing them in the first place, is that it is an incredible spot to Highline, with easy access and multiple angles/lengths, that and I have a great passion for climbing and Highlining in the same spot.