The Mothership Space Net Penthouse is an aerial hammock in Moab, Utah, hand-woven from 14,000 feet of cordage and rigged by the Desert Rats, a group of more than 50 people spearheaded by slackliner Andy Lewis, during Thanksgiving 2014.[1][2]
The net is suspended over 400 feet above the ground,[2] in a pentagon shape covering approximately 2000 square feet, with five lines going out to the surrounding cliffs. It took Lewis several years to acquire all of the proper materials to build it. Highliners walk across the five different legs of the net (which are as long as 80 meters or 262 feet), and BASE jumpers leap from the human-sized hole in the middle of the net.[3] The pentagonal web is over 200 feet away from the nearest cliff.[4]
References
edit- ^ [1], Sean McCoy, Gear Junkie website, "Mothership Space Net", December 3, 2014, 10:15 pm, accessed April 19, 2016
- ^ a b Tamblyn, Thomas. "These Guys Built A Giant Hammock 400ft Above The Utah Desert". Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ [2], Catie Leary, Mother Nature Network website, "Highliners, BASE jumpers rig massive aerial space net over Moab's red desert cliffs", December 12, 2014, 9:00 am, accessed April 19, 2016
- ^ [3], Bored Panda website, "Daredevils Put A Handmade Net 400 ft Up And 200 ft From The Cliffs", accessed April 19, 2016
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