Fail Fridays; our short reports on incidents that were reported through the Slackline Accident and Incident Report Form. We aim to warn for common mistakes and frequent incidents, and at the same time promote best practices. On this page you will find links to older Fail Fridays.
22/11/19 - Original Post
29/11/19 - Unfinished 9
06/12/19 Open quicklink
20/12/19 – Webbing Slippage
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10/01/20 Redirection fail
24/01/20 - Soft release opens a shackle
07/02/20 - Wind
22/02/20 - Flying ratchet
06/03/20 - Clip on cliff edge
20/03/20 - Permarig and wind
03/04/20 Home setup
17/04/20 - Rope cut by tagline
08/05/20 - Accidental free solo
22/05/20 - Take care of the gear
05/06/20 - Broken finger
19/06/20 - Weblock pin failure
03/07/20 – Longline catapults a dog
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17/07/20 - Hammock breaks
07/08/20 - Drone
20/08/20 – Fire next to anchor
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25/09/20 - What's wrong with this picture?
09/10/20 - Animal damages line
23/10/20 - Broken finger
11/12/20 - What went wrong?
01/01/21 - Abseil mistake
22/01/21 - Ripping gear loop
19/03/21 - Weblock misuse
02/04/21 - Deadman failure
30/04/21 - Ear piercing slackrifice
08/10/21 - Grigri breaks after tensioning
15/10/21 - Leash whip to the eye
22/10/21 - Leash whip to the eye
29/10/21 - Rodeoline Tree breaks
05/11/21 - Wind, tapes and tagline
12/11/21 - Switch main and backup
19/11/21 - Tagline breaks-someone was on the line
03/12/21 - Rigging error
17/12/21 - Burned neck from rope
28/01/22 - Amputated toe
11/02/22 - Vortex
18/02/22 - Butt break from catch
02/03/22 - Old pinktube
11/03/22 - Freestyle Mainline failure
30/09/22 - Air Space
07/10/22 - Unintentional freesolo
14/10/22 - Skull injury
20/10/22- Anchor failure
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04/11/22 - Tree falls on setup
02/12/22 – Bird destroys anchor
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