Slacking About in the Alpes

Slacklines are so much fun. I had a few really cool sessions in Verbier. The instructors had a go, it was so funny seeing these guys totally out of their comfort zone. Slacking is not quite as easy as it looks and peoples first tries are always very entertaining. Jerome was determined to make one step whilst holding on to my shoulder, about 10 minutes of heavy breathing and nervous talking later he tried a step and ended up jumping into my arms instead. The ironic thing was Nat, the chalet chef, is far more athletic than pretty much all the paragliding instructors put together and is apparently a bit of a dab hand on a line, awesome!

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Slacking Around

This is the latest game, Slacklining. It turns out 20 meters of webbing and 3 caribiners can be loads of fun. Slacklining is seriously addictive, it is easy enough to get hooked on but at the same time dam near impossible! There are kids on the web doing backflips and landing back on the line, this stuff is nuts. We found this amazing place on the Gower to rig up the line, the old military tower and deserted beach was a slightly eerie but a really cool place to have a session.

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