German professional slackline athlete Lukas Irmler has pioneered yet another sports development. One of the world´s best slacklining performers successfully walked the highline at 5222 meters above sea level in Andes, Peru. The 21 meters long highline from a cliffedge over the glacier of Mt. Yanapaccha was stretched by him and Adidas team in the area of Huaraz, located netx to the famous Huascaran, the highest point of Peru.
After climbing some mountains above 4000 m and acclimatizing they set up a base camp at 4800 meters. In a mostly unpleasant weather the team has spent here several days waiting for the best time. They had finally been given some fine interval to climb 400 meters above their base camp to reach their planned destinatation and to cover the 21 m distance with an amazing and very picturesque slackline show.
Friday night traditionally belongs to the trickline finale. This year was no different. Even the weather was good. Teplice nad Metují, the International Mountaineering Film Festival and the Trickline Cup work in symbiosis. New names also appeared among the participants, making the show a great…
For the first time ever in the sport of slacklining, a World Championship in highlining will take place on July 15-17, 2022. The event will be held in Laax, Switzerland at the legendary GALAAXY on the summit of Crap Sogn Gion.
On June 23-26, Český Krumlov hosted the first year of the highline festival, organized by the Slack Show Slackline group. In the historic center of Krumlov, the boys placed ten “lines” between the town buildings. Over fifty slackliners from different parts of the Czech Republic and Europe were…
