Y2K | 50m – 100m

Y2K: High-tech Slackline Webbing

The Y2K is a great High-tech slackline webbing for long lines, above 200m length. It is not simply a webbing but a new principle of slackline. Every 50m/100m the Main-Line gets connected with a quicklink to the next Main-Line. Also every 50m/100m the BackUp gets connected to the Main-Line with a quick link. Check below, what advantages this system brings along.

Characteristics

• Material: 50% polyester cover / 50% UHWMPE core (also known as Dyneema)
• Architecture: 3-layer construction with PES fibers protecting the inner Dyneema fibers
• Width: 26mm
• Weight: 33g/m
• Stretch: 1% at 5kN | 2.3% at 15kN
• Main line length: 50m / 100m per piece
• Backup Length: 52.7m / 105.5m per piece

ISA Highline Webbing Strength Class: A (certification pending)

• MBS (Minimum Breaking Strength) Band (Batch 2021): 35.96kN
• MBS intermittent connection loops (Batch 2021): 19.34kN
• MBS sewn loops (Batch 2021): 32.64kN

For more information about Y2K check the article: The history of Y2K – The worlds first segmented highline high-tech webbing

Advantages of Y2K compared to standard Slackline Webbing

• There is a functioning Backup all 50m/100m.
• Main and Backup cannot be untaped in heavy winds – all 50m/100m a connection will remain.
• It is possible to start rigging a line from both anchor points and simply connect it when meeting in the middle.
• If you own e.g. 300m of this webbing but have a 340m-project, you can simply buy another 50m-piece to complete your Set-Up. Also possible to share Set-Ups with friends of course.
• If one part of the line gets damaged, only a 50m/100m part needs to be replaced.
• Easy to distribute the webbing on several backpacks when carrying it up the mountain.
• Much easier line handling if there is e.g. a knot in the middle. Only a 50m/100m piece needs to be disentangled and you don’t have the disaster of e.g. a 500m line with a knot in the middle.
• With this hybrid webbing the longest slackline of history with a length of 3km is just about to be rigged these days.

This high-tech webbing can be bought as a:

• Main-Line (with a sewn loop on each end plus a double-loop on one end to connect the backup-webbing) which is 50m long
• Backup-Line (with a sewn loop on each end) which is 53m long
• Bundle (Main-Line + Backup-Line together)