{"id":10070,"date":"2010-11-01T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T06:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/10070"},"modified":"2011-10-25T22:58:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:58:52","slug":"brazilian-tightrope-walkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/10070","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Tightrope Walkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I was exploring the Dom Bosco Ecological Park in Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, I noticed a group of young people walking a tightrope they had strung between two trees .\u00a0 I was mesmerized .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 ADDED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2010:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been informed that this is not, technically, tightrope walking!\u00c2\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10078\" title=\"Mounting the Tightrope\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-A-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Mounting the Tightrope\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mounting the Tightrope<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0Mounting the Tightrope (Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10079\" title=\"Getting Encouragement\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-B-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Encouragement\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Getting Encouragement<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0Getting Encouragement (Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-C.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10081\" title=\"Approaching the End\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-C-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Approaching the End\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Approaching\u00c2\u00a0the End<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0Approaching the End\u00c2\u00a0(Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10082\" title=\"Another One Tries the Tightrope\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tightrope-Walker-D-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Another One Tries the Tightrope\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Another One Tries the Tightrope<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0Another One Tries the Tightrope (Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was exploring the Dom Bosco Ecological Park in Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, I noticed a group of young people walking a tightrope they had strung between two trees.  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