Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Highlines (another thought)

Many forest will not let you tie directly to trees. Many that do will 
require the rope not be in direct contact with the tree. This is where 
carrying a piece of old carpet to put between the tree and rope is a 
good idea. While high lines are not a bad idea (I always have a backup 
highline in the trailer), you have to be somewhere where they can be 
attached to a tree and they still need to be blocked from the path of 
potential loose horses. Two horses tangled up in the lead coming from a 
highline can be very dangerous for the critters involved - not to 
mention the humans that have to untangle them.

Truman



Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:

> I said:
> > ....poke it up into the tree with my manure fork.
> > Using the manure fork, I can usually get it up 8'
> > high or so.
>
> I forgot to say, if you can find a tree with a lil'
> branch (even just a stub) sticking out the side, up
> high, those work well - loop the rope over that, to
> stop it sliding downwards.





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