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A Slackline Record Is Shattered 1.5 Miles Off the Ground

Friedi Kuehne, Lukas Irmler complete slackline walk between 2 hot air balloons

(Newser) - A pair of German slackliners have crushed a world record, walking between two hot air balloons 1.5 miles above the ground. The previous record height was 1,900 meters, or about 6,234 feet or just under 1.2 miles, per News.com.au . Performing separately on Saturday, Friedi...

Watch These Slackliners Set a Heart-Stopping Record

Daredevils Rafael Bridi, Alexander Schulz made longest walk over active volcano in early pandemic

(Newser) - If walking over an active volcano via slackline is on your bucket list, you might look to Brazilian daredevil Rafael Bridi for guidance. Per UPI, Bridi and fellow slacklining enthusiast Alexander Schulz of Germany set a Guinness World Record for "longest slackline walk over an active volcano," which...

World Record for Slackline Walk Was 'Total Serendipity Moment'

Rafael Zugno Bridi crossed 59-foot line between 2 hot-air balloons 1.2 miles above Brazil

(Newser) - Guinness World Records has officially recognized the highest slackline walk, at more than twice the height of the world's tallest building. Brazilian daredevil Rafael Zugno Bridi claimed the record after crossing a 59-foot slackline suspended between two hot-air balloons some 6,236 feet, or nearly 1.2 miles, above...

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