This section of this chapter gives only a general overview of this extremely complex subject of highlines. Anyone interested in performing a highline must have intermediate skills, and seek advanced training through an accredited school of rope rescue. Under no circumstances should a highline be attempted solely on the instruction of this book. Highline rescues invoke the use of advanced rigging skills, performed by advanced technicians. Highline operations are one of the most dangerous and most difficult vertical rescues. Now how to construct and operating a Reeving System.Know the steps in constructing a highline.Understand the potential forces involved in a highline and the rigging safety measures taken to control them.Know and understand the guidelines for tension and highline Track Line.Know when highline systems are needed and should be used during a rope rescue.Grab his book here…Ĭonsidered by many as advanced operations because highlines deviate in many ways from standard rope rescue rigging practices, building and using highlines requires a clear understanding of sound rigging principles and a working knowledge of the force vectors involved.

I want to thank Steve Crandall for his work Rigging Rescue Concepts, from which some of this article is derived from.

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