The Skywalk
We are the first and ONLY Highling guiding business in the USA. Walk a Highline hundreds of feet in the sky with no prior slackline experience! With our state of the art rigging system we have made Highlining accessible to everyone. Feel the incredible sensation of standing in space, between cliffs, learning to breathe and navigate fear. Walk where normally only birds fly. This experience is one of a kind, giving you prolonged exposure to the sensation of walking off a cliff!
walk through fear
With our signature Top-Rope Highline Setup, called the Skywalk, you not only have a redundant Highline you are attached to, but also an entirely redundant above-head doubled system that you are also tethered to. With hand-lines to hold onto, you can easily walk the Highline. We have rigorously designed this system to create more access to this sport, and to enable even those with no Slackline experience to feel the incredible exposure of Highlining. Our standard harness for the Skywalk is an industrial strength full body harness, however we do offer regular climbing harnesses as well.
We are the nations first and only Highline guiding service, and currently are the only ones offering this unique Top-Rope Highline experience. We take pride in being able to share this unique experience with a wider range of people, especially those with different physical needs who might benefit from this setup. Through the Skywalk we were able to facilitate the first Spinal-Cord-Injury Highline crossing ever.
What to Expect: While balance is still helpful, the overhead line makes this activity extremely attainable! If you start to tip in one direction, you can simply stop yourself from losing balance. Step by step, you will experience the incredible sensation of walking in the sky, while using breath to slow your heart rate and find calm in the void. We have had many clients who had never even set foot on a slackline, and they were able to cross the Skywalk. While still physical, it is mostly a thrilling foray into fear, the power of the mind, and will. Our Guide will be there coaching you through fear every step of the way.
What happens if you fall? A gentle drop into the above-head leash lets you dangle next to the Highline, where you can try your hand at getting back on, or our guide will clip a rope to you and pull you back to the cliff. It does require physical effort to get back up, however we are prepared to assist our clients in several ways to get them upright and walking again. The benefit of being on a Highline when you fall, is that you are just falling into space!
What If I want to Highline without the Hand Line? The Skywalk can provide useful training-wheels for getting into highlining, allowing you to utilize the hand line to practice standing up from sitting, or walking out onto the line and letting go and trying to balance from a standing position. It can be more than just a shortcut, but rather a stepping stone for building Highline skills. While it is designed to enable even those with zero experience to Highline, it can also be a gentler way of practicing the building blocks of Highline skills.
Duration: This is a typically full day excursion, meaning 8 hours town to town. Number of crossings depends on group size and desire. Walking the line is typically no more strenuous than hiking, much of the challenge is mental, and the more calm you can be the less effort.
What to Bring: Close-toed Hiking shoes, 3-4 liters of water per person, lunch and snacks, a hat, sunglasses, sun protection (sunshirt, sunscreen, chapstick, etc). Optional: Camp chair.