Skyliners Tightrope Walking Is Insane But Not Certifiably So

Some people might imeediately think of words like “crazy” or phrases like “batshit insane” when they see this “Skylining” video out of France, but those are misnomers. True crazies wouldn’t use a safety line. [Skyliners Paris Trailer via kottke]

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    lulz

    Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    f-ing mental.

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      jughead

      Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:40 PM

      it looks pretty foolish but i was more impressed by the “man on wire” documentary

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    Corteks

    Monday, August 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Hahah that’s pretty cool. Not like it’s any weirder than people skydiving or bungee jumping considering the safety lines they’ve got.

    Gotta agree with jughead that “Man on Wire” was an amazing doco. Emotional, powerful and mesmerizing with the absolute absurdity of the feat.

    I mean this is definitely cool, especially seeing them do it in HD video, but it doesn’t have that some power that Man on Wire had. Regardless, freakin’ cool though.

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    Paul

    Monday, August 22, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    I can’t believe they put so much trust in carabiners…

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      Stuart

      Monday, August 22, 2011 at 3:42 PM

      Really? They are pretty bomb-proof. Climbers fall on them everyday, and reports of them genuinely failing are rare as hens teeth. Usually problems relate to using an inappropriate karabiner for the task at hand, there being many different types.

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    Paul

    Monday, August 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Well this was rather interesting. There you go, pretty amazing.

    http://youtu.be/goQRzSyNpb4

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      Stuart

      Monday, August 22, 2011 at 3:57 PM

      Nice ‘link’.

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