up high on lines

ever since my first bounce on a highline i was in love with this sport. even though i’ve had my beginner slackline for more than 10 years i just started learning and enjoying the sport during the first lockdown in spring 2020.

on a spontangious bouldering trip to magic wood, switzerland in the following fall i unexpactetly went on my first highline, still clipped in to the hangover. afterwards i was motivated to learn to sitstart and to go on highlines as oftern as possible. this involved illegal rigs and sleeping in forests, rigging in the rain and learning how to fly a drone. with me i almost always brought my camera, keen to capture the spirit of highlining.

during my first highline trip to kesselwand in southern germany i understood what my friend lena had told me about the community before. we shared meals and drinks, everybody was welcome and seen, even the absolute beginners. on the 5 hour drive back home i was high from the adrenaline and exited for what to come.

as my first contacts with highlining was dominated my two strong women who were absolutly into it the topic of women and highlining has ever since been in my head. they rigged, walked the lines and gave me and my friend feli an instruction into the sport with such a joy and enthusiasm i can hardly describe.