People At This Festival Slept On Hammocks Hanging Hundreds Of Feet Above The Italian Alps
The International Highline Meeting festival seems like one of the most chill 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 at very high altitudes.
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 mountaineering aficionados spend a good part of their days (and nights in sleeping hammocks) on slacklines suspended hundreds of feet above the Italian dolomite Alps offering stunning mountain views, the meeting has all the trappings of a normal festival – a kitchen, a bar, and awesome musical jam sessions. The outdoor sport lovers can also attend a Yoga workshop or take tandem paraglider flights.
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Share on FacebookH*** F****** S***!!!!!!!! but... what if someone needs to go to the bathroom..?
What I wanna go find out is how they get out when they are 3-5 deep on the line?
Appears one must unhook one end momentarily to cross another's anchor, in the bubble pic looks like mini hammock is passing through ….
Load More Replies...Amazing..!! One of the craziest things I've heard t be doing in a fest..:D
Is it just me who noticed that the guy's smoking a joint ? I mean right place, right time ! Sweet ...
That has to be the biggest collection of hipsters I've ever seen in my life.
Estan locoooooosssssss.............................completamenteeeeeee........jajajajaa..
No way. Well for guys wouldt be hard to pee but maybe that is why you dont see so many girls.
I would feel content, laying in the hammock no matter where it was or how high. Hammocks are so comforting. Ahhhhhhhhh
Wow just notice man on guitar. Lol. He looks a bit cramped xx joki looks super
The first word we said after seeing these pics were!!!!! OH F**K!!!! EVEN I WANNA DO THIS!!! *_*
The pics with the mini and maxi hammock is legend! I need a big one what are these??
Madness! LOL Really, that is amazing, but I couldn't do it. I am even having trouble just looking at the photos.
The pictures are spectacular. Still at first I was annoyed, as I often am by the 'need-for-extreme' trend. But rope-walking is cool;-).
These people need to find me. Preserve the Future look it up on facebook. What and amazing festival I have so many ideas for this!
I think these people should be around me. Please find me at Preserve the Future. Zachary Weber. What and amazing festival!
These hammocks needs to be in super good quality to keep them safe in the sky :)
Looks like fun but where are the women? Couldn't hep but notice it looked like 100% men out there.
i think it is mind blowing and crazy good i am afraid of heights but i would love to try it.
-Is it raining? +No! it's those mother f*****s in those hammocks! -thet's get the f**k out of here.I saw bunch of them eating at Chipotle
Who ever did this are dumb. Doesn't any one care about their life these days?
seems to be a common concern...how to relieve yourself. look out below!
What exactly were they smoking to get talked into doing this?
Very cool, but not for me, probably. To pee, or not to pee? Tthings are easier for men, they can pee in a bottle. Depends for the gals : )
OMG!! Who would do that?! Im getting a heart attack just watching these photos! :O
OMG!!! Crazy!! Im having a heart attack just looking at these pics! :O
Beautiful, and their ALIVE. Imagine the serenity and majestic view. I am to disabled but I try to live every way I can. Awesome
Coincidentally I read this after reading about some Darwin award winners on ebaums world.
nutters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but what a great idea.....I know I would relax in my hammock then need the loo...
H*** F****** S***!!!!!!!! but... what if someone needs to go to the bathroom..?
What I wanna go find out is how they get out when they are 3-5 deep on the line?
Appears one must unhook one end momentarily to cross another's anchor, in the bubble pic looks like mini hammock is passing through ….
Load More Replies...Amazing..!! One of the craziest things I've heard t be doing in a fest..:D
Is it just me who noticed that the guy's smoking a joint ? I mean right place, right time ! Sweet ...
That has to be the biggest collection of hipsters I've ever seen in my life.
Estan locoooooosssssss.............................completamenteeeeeee........jajajajaa..
No way. Well for guys wouldt be hard to pee but maybe that is why you dont see so many girls.
I would feel content, laying in the hammock no matter where it was or how high. Hammocks are so comforting. Ahhhhhhhhh
Wow just notice man on guitar. Lol. He looks a bit cramped xx joki looks super
The first word we said after seeing these pics were!!!!! OH F**K!!!! EVEN I WANNA DO THIS!!! *_*
The pics with the mini and maxi hammock is legend! I need a big one what are these??
Madness! LOL Really, that is amazing, but I couldn't do it. I am even having trouble just looking at the photos.
The pictures are spectacular. Still at first I was annoyed, as I often am by the 'need-for-extreme' trend. But rope-walking is cool;-).
These people need to find me. Preserve the Future look it up on facebook. What and amazing festival I have so many ideas for this!
I think these people should be around me. Please find me at Preserve the Future. Zachary Weber. What and amazing festival!
These hammocks needs to be in super good quality to keep them safe in the sky :)
Looks like fun but where are the women? Couldn't hep but notice it looked like 100% men out there.
i think it is mind blowing and crazy good i am afraid of heights but i would love to try it.
-Is it raining? +No! it's those mother f*****s in those hammocks! -thet's get the f**k out of here.I saw bunch of them eating at Chipotle
Who ever did this are dumb. Doesn't any one care about their life these days?
seems to be a common concern...how to relieve yourself. look out below!
What exactly were they smoking to get talked into doing this?
Very cool, but not for me, probably. To pee, or not to pee? Tthings are easier for men, they can pee in a bottle. Depends for the gals : )
OMG!! Who would do that?! Im getting a heart attack just watching these photos! :O
OMG!!! Crazy!! Im having a heart attack just looking at these pics! :O
Beautiful, and their ALIVE. Imagine the serenity and majestic view. I am to disabled but I try to live every way I can. Awesome
Coincidentally I read this after reading about some Darwin award winners on ebaums world.
nutters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but what a great idea.....I know I would relax in my hammock then need the loo...
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