I love making up words — verbing them, combining them, or even combining languages, like when I started speaking Frenglish in the Alps. I’m lucky a French guide didn’t push me into a crevasse. While ...

Standing on a swaying length of flat nylon slung like a tightrope, my knees shake as I try desperately not to fall. But every time I take a tentative step, I lose my balance. Fortunately for me, this ...

Check out 2012 Fairview High grad Justin Wagers, a professional slackliner for Gibbin Slacklines, making it all look easy at http://youtube.com/user/jwage23. As ...

Sonya Iverson focuses on a spot straight ahead of her as she makes her way across the taunt, thin strap tied to two trees. Maintaining a steady pace, she pushes herself through a variety of tricks ...

A tight but rather an elastic band is tied on two pegs or between any two poles, height is adjusted, and then the challenge and fun starts! Welcome to the world of the new slack lining which is now ...

It might not be as dramatic as Phillippe Petit' s death-defying walk between New York City' s World Trade Center Twin Towers in 1974, nor as heady, but slacklining requires mustering the same courage, ...

Especially on nice weekends, you’re likely to see them at local parks such as Green Lake, Gas Works or Golden Gardens — barefoot people with flapping arms who seem to be tightrope walking a few feet ...

Slacklining - the newest thing to do in Pune If you live in Baner, chances are you’ve spotted a group of people doing what might look like walking a tight rope, to the uninitiated. This group of ...