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Slacklining

Index Slacklining

Slacklining refers to the act of walking or balancing along a suspended length of flat webbing that is tensioned between two anchors. [1]

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Anchor (climbing)

In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, a rope, or a load to the climbing surface - typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building - either permanently or temporarily.

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Andy Lewis (performer)

Andy Lewis (born October 7, 1986 in Santa Rosa, California), is a professional performer, stunt coordinator, and internationally recognized extreme sports athlete.

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Balance (ability)

In biomechanics, balance is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway.

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Circus

A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, unicyclists, as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.

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Climbing (magazine)

Climbing is a major US-based rock climbing magazine first published in 1970.

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Colby College

Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic (Česká republika), also known by its short-form name Czechia (Česko), is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast.

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Dean Potter

Dean S. Potter (April 14, 1972 – May 16, 2015) was an American free climber, alpinist, Base jumper, BASEliner, and highliner.

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Eldorado Springs, Colorado

Eldorado Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

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Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, located in Olympia, Washington, U.S. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Fort Collins, Colorado

Fort Collins is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County, Colorado, United States.

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Garden Valley, El Dorado County, California

Garden Valley (formerly, Johntown) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Giovanna Petrucci

Giovanna Petrucci is a Brazilian athlete from Rio de Janeiro notable for being a champion slackliner.

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Glossary of climbing terms

This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering.

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Horsetooth Mountain

Horsetooth Mountain is a mountain summit in the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ipanema

Ipanema is a neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), between Leblon and Arpoador.

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Jultagi

Jultagi or eoreum is traditional Korean performance of tightrope-walking.

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Kjerag

Kjerag or Kiragg is a mountain in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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Lost Arrow Spire

The Lost Arrow Spire is a detached pillar in Yosemite Valley, California, located immediately adjacent to Upper Yosemite Falls.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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Mongolia

Mongolia (Monggol Ulus in Mongolian; in Mongolian Cyrillic) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,479 as of the 2010 census, making it the 24th largest city in the state. The city borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. Olympia is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. Olympia is located southwest of Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington.

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Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District)

---- Ostrov, fully Ostrov nad Ohří (Schlackenwerth), is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Paseo de la Reforma

Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.

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Rogaland

Rogaland is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder, and Vest-Agder counties.

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Slacklining

Slacklining refers to the act of walking or balancing along a suspended length of flat webbing that is tensioned between two anchors.

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Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, United States, in the southern region of the state, with multiple campuses.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tension (physics)

In physics, tension may be described as the pulling force transmitted axially by the means of a string, cable, chain, or similar one-dimensional continuous object, or by each end of a rod, truss member, or similar three-dimensional object; tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of said elements.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tightrope walking

Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope.

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Torre BBVA Bancomer

The Torre BBVA Bancomer ("BBVA Bancomer Tower") is a skyscraper on Paseo de la Reforma in Colonia Juárez, Mexico City.

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Torre Reforma

The Torre Reforma is a Mexico City skyscraper with a height of to the roof and housing 57 stories, in 2016 it became the tallest skyscraper in Mexico City, exceeding both Torre BBVA Bancomer at located just across the street, and Torre Mayor at located next to it.

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Trampoline

A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame using many coiled springs.

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Tyrolean traverse

A Tyrolean traverse is a method of crossing through free space between two high points on a rope without a hanging cart or cart equivalent.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Ventura Freeway

The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California, United States, running from the Santa Barbara/Ventura county line to Pasadena in Los Angeles county.

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Vinyāsa

Vinyāsa (विन्यास, IAST) is a Sanskrit term often employed in relation to certain styles of yoga, that usually refers to a transition between two different positions.

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Waterville, Maine

Waterville is a city in Kennebec County of the U.S. state of Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River.

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Webbing

2 inch (50 mm) Nylon webbing as used in auto racing harnesses Webbing is a strong fabric woven as a flat strip or tube of varying width and fibres, often used in place of rope.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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Yoga as exercise

Yoga as exercise is a modern exercise practice influenced by hatha yoga.

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Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal is an American media company that publishes a magazine, a website, DVDs, tablet editions, and puts on conferences devoted to yoga, food and nutrition, fitness, wellness, and fashion and beauty.

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is an American national park lying in the western Sierra Nevada of California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacklining

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