The video shows the ropeway in action.
Thanks to the passing dog-walkers for doing the video while I operated the ropeway!
Was told I should make one of these back in November 2008. Yesterday, 4th July 2009, rigged this one. Made the carriage and the wooden single-sheave blocks yesterday, then set off to find somewhere to rig it. Found this location with two trees giving a "line of sight" over a bend in a stream.
Here's pictures of same (low resolution, as sun shining into shade is difficult for camera).
(all quiet again!)
(ready for walk home - also have small backpack of other rope and equipment)
In general these systems are constructed using wire-rope - "cableways" or "aerial tramways".
In North America they were one variant of "highline" or "highlead"
logging.
The "blondin" arrangement seems to be known as "Tyler system" there -
see University of Washington - University Library digital collection -
page 22 of
"Youngs Iron Works catalogue".
In Britain "Blondins" were used in quarrying, particularly in the
slate mines of North Wales.
See eg
Blondin (quarry equipment)
[Wikipedia].
(R Smith, 05 July 2009, 29 Jan 2023 (1.5MB vid only, edits))