A Separate Reality: Monkey Longing: Smith Rock Highlining

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Monkey Longing: Smith Rock Highlining

A sampling of some classic Smith Rock shenanigans on some classic Smith Rock highlines. Sit back and get your psyche on....

Musical Artist: Thievery Corporation "Beautiful Drug"

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Highline Tick List

Highlines/Midlines Sent:

-Monkey Face (Smith Rock, OR)- 30ish' FM, Free Solo & Swami

-Mt. Tam (Bay Area, CA)- 115' FM

-Lost Arrow Spire (Yosemite Valley, CA)- 55' FM

-The Trundler (Moab, UT)- 41' FM O

-The Chillem (Moab, UT)- 61' FM O

-The Spliff (Moab, UT)- 76' FM

-The Bub (Moab, UT)- 102' FM

-Fuzzy Peach (Moab, UT)- 61' FM O

-Wet Beaver (Moab, UT)- 92' FM (O one direction)

-Double Trouble Madness (Moab, UT)- 150' FM

-Cave Corridor Line short (J Tree, CA)- 60' FM

-Cave Corridor Line long (J Tree, CA)- 90' FM O

-The Chongo Gap (J Tree, CA)- 25' FM O

-Mahavatar's Gap (J Tree, CA)- 40' FM O

-Hall of Horrors Line (J Tree, CA)- 85' FM (O one direction) Swami

-Astrodomes Line (J Tree, CA)- 141' O FM

-Line of Cocaine (Smith Rocks, OR)- 60ish' FM O Swami

-Little Candy Mountain (J Tree, CA)- 100' FM O

-Native Wisdom (Sahalie Falls, OR)- 75' FM O, FA

-Taft Point (Yosemite, CA)- 100' FM O

-Short Rostrum Line (Yosemite, CA)- 18' O FM Swami

-Long Monkey Line (Smith Rocks, OR)- 130' FM O one way 2nd send

-Blame Canada (Moab, UT)- 85' O FM Moonlight Send

-Canadian Bacon (Moab)- 92' O FM

-Cheap Canadian Labor (Moab)- 115' O one way FM

-Shakes McCoy (Moab)- 131' O one way FM

-Shakes McGee (Moab)- 164' FM

-Cheap Canadian Beer (Moab)- 37' O FM Moonlight send

-B.C.A.P.U.T.S.T.L. (Moab)- 36' OFM

-Crows Line (Moab)- 60' OFM

-God Loves Americans (Moab)- 160' FM 2nd send and swinglined!

-Dean's BASEline (Moab, UT)- 125' FM O one way and 200' swinglined!

-Just a Quickie (Moab, UT)- 40' FM O Swami and Free Solo

-Terry's New Line (Moab, UT)- 120' FM O one way 2nd send

-Faith (Moab, UT)- 130' FM O 2nd send

-Awl In (Smith Rock, OR)- 30' FMO

-Windy Daze (Smith Rock, OR)- 130' FM First Ascent Onsight one way

-Where Swallows Fly (Smith Rock, OR)- 130/140'ish FA FM

-Long Lost Arrow Spire Line (Yosemite, CA)- 115' FM

-Upper Yosemite Falls (Yosemite Valley, CA)- 60ish' FM

-Arroyo Seco (Arroyo Seco, CA)- 75' Deep Water Solo FM

-Wildcat Canyon (Bay Area, CA)- 90' FM

-Mariposa Grove (Yosemite, CA)- 150' O one way

-The Cooksey Tree Line (Bay Area, CA)- 20' FM

-Type 18 Terry's Home Line (Fruita, CO)- 60' FM

-A Crooked Crossing (Smith Rocks, OR)- 150' FM and First Ascent

-Steel Head Falls (Central OR)- 100'ish O FM Deep Water Solo

-Terry's Long Line (Fruita, CO)- 120' OFM

-Wizard's Cap (Smith Rock, OR)- 35' FA O FM Free Solo

-Mind Over Watter (Central OR)- 70' FA Onsight FM Free Solo

-Misty Minds (Central OR)- 120' waterline, FA FM Deep Water Solo

-Cherry (Moab, UT)- 20' O FM Swami

-Chiquita Banana (Moab,UT)- 40' O FM Swami

(Moab,UT)- 60' O FM Swami

-Fuzzy Peach (Moab,UT)- 60' O FM Swami

-Prickly Pear (Moab,UT)- 102' O FM

-Fruit Punch (Moab,UT)- 120' O FM

-A Day In The Sun (Moab,UT)- 135' O FM

-Good Enuff (Moab,UT)- 40' O FM Swami & Free Solo

-Barely Legal (Moab,UT)- 18.0 meters O FM Swami

-That'll Do (Moab,UT)- 65' O FM Swami
-Mon Arch (Moab, UT)- 75' O FM
-The Great Bongzilla (Moab, UT)- 177' FM PR
-Heckler's Alley (Moab, UT)- 121' FM Swami
-Bridge Line (Moab, UT)- 90' FM O

-Should've Gotten Burgers (Moab, UT)- 131' FM

-Out of the Window "Spaceline" (Moab, UT)- 2 of 3 lines walked at 75' O, 108' O FM

-Lighthouse Tower Line (Moab, UT)- 90' O FM

-Longer Days and New Beginnings (Smith Rock, OR)- 120' FA O FM

-Leave No Trace Line (Joshua Tree, CA)- 120' FA O FM (rigged on all natural anchors)

-Hemingway Line (Joshua Tree, CA)- 100' O FM

-69 Line (Joshua Tree, CA)- 69' O FM Swami

-Yuccafied (Pasadena, CA)- 70' O FM Swami

-Cliffhanger Line (Big Bear, CA)- 60' O FM Swami

-One Ball (San Luis Obispo, CA)- 40' O FM Swami

-Ballstrocity (San Luis Obispo, CA)- 177' FM (Walked on 2nd attempt both directions) PR

-Long Rostrum Line (Yosemite, CA)- 120' O FM

Longlines Sent:

-Cedar Rose Park (Bay Area, CA)- 150ish' FM

-Cedar Rose Park (Bay Area, CA)- 220ish' O FM

-Padre Park (Bay Area, CA)- 175ish' FM

-Smith Rocks (OR)- 148' FM O

-Drake Park (Bend, OR)- 175'ish FM O

-9th Street Park (Bend, OR)- 290' FM

-Chico line (Chico, CA)- 247' FM

-Drake Park line (Bend, OR)- 333' FM O PR

-The Acomb Longline (Fruita, CO)- 200' FM very heavy and loose

-Drake Park (Bend, OR)- 180' FM O

-Redmond Park (Oregon)- 196' O FM

-Redmond Park (Oregon)- 275' O one way FM

-Bend Park (OR)- 280' O one way FM

-Grain Walker (OR)- 197' O FM

-Bivy Longline (OR)- 290' O FM

Highline Projects:

-Yosemite Falls (Yosemite Valley, CA)- 128'

-Long Arroyo Seco (Arroyo Seco, CA)- 115'

-Umpqua Water line (OR)- ~90' summer project

-Los Abuelos Towers (OR)- ~50' spring project...

-The Proudest Monkey- super secret project line, spring/summer project...

(around 250'+)

-Iron Man- spring project...

-A Long Line of Cocaine (Smith Rocks, OR)- ~230'

FM- Full Man (walked in both directions)

O- Onsight (first attempt walked)

PR- Personal Record

FA- First Across/Send

FS- Free Solo (without harness, leash or other means of attachment to the slackline aside from your own two feet)

Swami- A more dangerous style of walk (outside of a climbing harness) which consists of only a tight waste strap and standard leash attached to the slackline

Spaceline- A newly invented highline rig consisting of 3 slacklines attached to a central moving anchor point suspended in space, as compared with the traditional highline rig that is a single slackline anchored to 2 fixed points on a cliff

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Monkey Longing: Smith Rock Highlining

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