World's best slackliners compete 1300ft above mountain gorge

Описание: A thrilling high-altitude slackline contest kicked off Monday in central China's Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, featuring over 20 elite slackliners from around the world vying for the championship title.

This marks the eighth edition of the contest in Zhangjiajie. Since its inception in 2018, the annual event has been successfully held for seven consecutive years, and has become a major attraction in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

Participants from 10 countries, including China, France, Germany, and the United States, showcased their breathtaking stunts in the competition.

They walked on a two-centimeter-wide slackline, which was suspended between two peaks, 1,450 meters apart and 400 meters above the ground.

The event will last till Wednesday.

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