Posted on 12/27/2021 7:05:32 AM PST by Scarlett156
A daredevil has broken the slackline world record after walking between two hot air balloons more than a mile above the ground.
Rafael Zugno Bridi, 34, balanced precariously on the narrow inch-wide slackline among the clouds over Praia Grande in his native Brazil.
The adrenaline junkie was barefoot 6,131ft in the air when he broke the record of the highest ever tightrope walk at more than double the height of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa which stands at 2,722ft.
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'I like complex projects, which involve many people and as a consequence incalculable elements like weather and weather conditions.'
Crazy f@gs. But cool.
Yeah, no.
If one looks at the pictures, there is safety gear involved. I was thinking a parachute, bur instead it is a secondary rope that is hooked to a halter of some sort on his ankle.
I was expecting he would be wearing a parachute just in case. I was wrong. Totally nuts.
People do this stuff and, you know, good for them. But when these things go tragically wrong, I don’t shed a tear. What do they expect? They’ll probably just keep doing dangerous stuff until *AHEM* they can’t.
Yes, that’s how I feel about it. But still impressed.
And you know, when you devote your life to this stuff, there’s no such thing as “tragically wrong” unless you take a bunch of bystanders down with you.
Why, O Why did I ever click on this moronity?
He’s attached by his feet. But a fall might still kill him even in that case. I saw a lady who was slacklining over a gorge - she fell like four times! But she kept getting back up and finally finished.
Pretty pictures....?
yes
You didn’t look close enough. That second rope is attached to the main slack line not his ankle. You have to zoom in to see.
So, was it a tightrope or a slackline.
I included tightrope for the oldsters.
I saw he was wearing a harness, but couldn’t figure out how he could attach a safety line except for maybe getting in or out of the basket. I didn’t see him tethered to the slack line but maybe he had a way to hide it?
Probably safer than a CONvid vax. :-}
I only saw one guy in a mask in the article.
Why does this remind me of bread and circuses in Roman times.
And pole sitting, barrels over Niagara, etc during the great depression?
Look at the pictures. It’s on his feet. There may have been additional tethers hidden in his clothing but he doesn’t have much on. *continues to look at pictures* Hm..... yes......
Only someone with a huge pair of cajones that lowers their center of gravity would try this stunt.
WTH? And no one with a SAM on the ground?
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