Slackline goal...the first step has been taken.

So there's a spot near my house that I think would make a perfect slackline water crossing. I got a slackline last Christmas, but I haven't practiced enough to be competent. It's harder than you'd think. Anyway, yesterday I took the first step, I know, toward making my water crossing goal a reality.

I built a slackrack for indoor practicing. As soon as I finished I went over to the spot to document my goal...you know just so it would be clear in my head what I have to accomplish. In that it became a bit murkier since the anchor alignment wasn't what I thought it was. Here's the spot.



I wanted, still might, just to use the last two piling bundles to set it up and cross. They aren't even close to being parallel with the coast though.




The three piling bundle over to the last one on the other side may be the best, though not as visually appealing I don't think. For now, the goal is last bundle to last bundle.

The slackrack...Built up this bad boy yesterday.




Now it's just practice, practice, practice. Probably set up a few long crossings to mimic the water one once I get the hang of it. The goal is to complete the crossing "on-site". So be ontop one bundle, climb down onto the slackline, cross the water gap and climb up onto the top of the other bundle...first try. This summer some time. I can't even make it across the rack at the moment.

I think a $10 bet that I won't make it would pay out $10.50 as it stands.