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Reply #3750 - Jun 24th, 2013 at 5:55am
 
@Tomas simple 8 strand braid with 3 colors

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Reply #3751 - Jun 24th, 2013 at 4:44pm
 
Whoa, forum looks way different now, I love how the message/new thread boxes are at the bottom of each chain, rather than a separate page. Makes scrolling up and looking at old stuff way easier and better than before. Many thanks to C_A

Anyways, my dad picked up an old bike from one of his coworkers and I've slowly picked up bike riding again. Yesterday I managed to get up to a levee overlooking a huge lake a few miles behind my house; although it's separated by a small boggy area so I have to go in a few big loops and up a few large hills and around several busy intersections to get there.

Anyhow, veni, vidi, slingy- I came, I saw and I slung.

Random picture of sunset, just to show how awesome the place was:
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here's the actual lake I was slinging into, it's actually a bit bigger than this, as the lake is slightly ooblong and I was facing the closer side
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Since I haven't slung in a long while due to a plethora of reasons, I decided to use a more reliable and overall awesome sling, the captain paul (golf ball sized).
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And of course more pictures of where I was slinging from
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Sorry no pictures of me actually slinging, I was by myself and there was no easy way of standing up my camera/phone somewhere and setting a timer on it.

EDIT: oh, my distance was around 50 yards tops, although I might/am probably off. There was a heavy wind coming off the lake towards me, and the levee drops another thirty yards down. It makes judging distances harder, and all my shots seemed extremely close to shore. I've been here once before a long time ago, and when I slung I also had a seemingly short distance, even though I know I've hit 80 yards and sometimes more.
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Reply #3752 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 1:47am
 
Just posted in the Introductions forum, but I figured i would repost these pics here b/c it's where the action is! I hope that's ok?

Anyway, some recently made slings: woven wool pouch with jute cords, three tut slings of various dimensions (including one that will never get lost in the grass!) and a bunch of slings I built to test various construction techniques.
wool and jute

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tut slings

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prototypes

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Reply #3753 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 8:37am
 

xxkid123, your photos are superb.

Great work there DarbukaDave!
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Reply #3754 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 2:28pm
 
okay can you guys still see pictures ?
I can't.
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Reply #3755 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 2:31pm
 
okay, this is just getting weirder by the minute - in my alter ego I can see the pics.

And what david said - great pics. Thumbs Up
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Reply #3756 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 2:42pm
 
Nope, can't see pics.
took some screenshots..
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Reply #3757 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 2:54pm
 
Connected, I can't.

Not connected, I can.
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Reply #3758 - Jun 25th, 2013 at 3:34pm
 
I can see the pictures logged in and not logged in. The only picture I can not see is the "thumbs up" smiley. It does not matter if I use Opera or Windows IE.
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Reply #3759 - Jun 26th, 2013 at 9:37am
 
I can see pictures in IE not in chrome or firefox
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Reply #3760 - Jun 27th, 2013 at 3:45am
 
Logged in and not logged in I can see pictures from Jun 18th or newer, but not the older ones.

Great work, DarbukaDave!
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Reply #3761 - Jun 27th, 2013 at 3:39pm
 
My picture viewing situation is the same as lakeslinger
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Reply #3762 - Jun 28th, 2013 at 4:40am
 
Using Chrome... I don't see the thumbs up emote.. that's it?
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Reply #3763 - Jun 28th, 2013 at 4:49am
 
Here's a new pattern I was trying out.. I think it looks fast, tomorrow will tell if it slings fast!

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Reply #3764 - Jun 28th, 2013 at 12:51pm
 
A replacement sling for everyday use.

Braided bast (raffia) treated with beeswax to increase the lifetime.

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The pouch has some protective wrappings with twisted fibers against abrasion.

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