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Slackliners in China

Video. WATCH: Slackliners compete in China at over 1,000 metres altitude

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A slackliner competition in China saw participants balancing on thin webs more than 1,000 metres in the air.

France's Benoit Humm has taken the top prize among twelve slackliners who have competed in a competition in the Chinese city of Zhangjiajie. 

At an altitude of over 1,000 metres, participants balance along a suspended length of flat webbing, tensioned between two anchor points. 

Competitors from China, France, Spain, and other countries and regions were pitted against each other and had to walk on a 120-metre-long, 2.5-centimetre-wide and 2-millimeter-thick slackline.

Judging was based on the number of turnovers and overall distance travelled. 

The distance covered and the number of turnovers made were the criteria for judging.

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