While I was exploring the Dom Bosco Ecological Park in Brasília, I noticed a group of young people walking a tightrope they had strung between two trees. I was mesmerized. ADDED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2010: I’ve been informed that this is not, technically, tightrope walking! It is, in fact, slacklining, which is quite a bit different from tightrope walking in that the tightrope is essentially rigid, while the slackline is dynamic and reacts to pressure and movement a bit like a trampoline would.
Mounting the Tightrope
SOURCE: Mounting the Tightrope (Brasília, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.
Getting Encouragement
SOURCE: Getting Encouragement (Brasília, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.
Approaching the End
SOURCE: Approaching the End (Brasília, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.
Another One Tries the Tightrope
SOURCE: Another One Tries the Tightrope (Brasília, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.
Copyright © 2010 by Stephen J. Danko
