The International Highline Meeting festival seems like one of the chillest festivals we’ve ever heard of, but it also might be one of the most terrifying – attendees spend most of their time strung up on tightropes stretched across the Italian Alps in Monte Piana.
The attendees call themselves “slackers” because of the slacklines they balance themselves on. This extreme sport differs from tightrope walking in that the rope has a slightly flattened shaped and has slack, meaning that it can move side-to-side or bounce.
Besides the fact that the slackers spend a good part of their days (and nights) on slacklines suspended hundreds of feet above the Italian dolomite Alps, the meeting has all the trappings of a normal festival – a kitchen, a bar, and awesome musical jam sessions. Attendees can also attend a Yoga workshop or take tandem paraglider flights.
I looked at the pics, began to think the thought "I bet the views are amazing" when my mother's voice popped into my head and interrupted with "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!?!!" Lol
Okay so now that I've looked at it and their all strapped in there, uhm, I'd totally want to do that.
I say want because I would have to push through three days of tears before I got out there. I bet they're high though, right? I feel like it's one of those things best done high.