Jaan Roose completes 160-metre slackline walk above central Seoul
Estonian Jaan Roose completed a 160-metre slackline crossing 120 metres above central Seoul on Thursday, according to The Guardian. The line connected the Koreana hotel and the Dong-A Media Center near Gyeongbokgung palace.
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Estonian slackline walker Jaan Roose successfully crossed a narrow line above central Seoul on Thursday, The Guardian reported. The crossing covered 160 metres at a height of 120 metres.
According to the report, the line stretched between the Koreana hotel and the Dong-A Media Center, a few hundred metres from Gyeongbokgung palace and Gwanghwamun square.
The Guardian described lunchtime crowds looking upward and raising their phones as they returned to offices along a main boulevard in the city centre.
The report said Roose completed the first of two attempts. The supplied excerpt did not provide an outcome for the second attempt.
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- The Guardian – Worldtheguardian.com
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