Our homepage today shows two climbers slacklining between boulders near Bishop, California. Look closely and you’ll see something very similar to tightrope walking: The slackliners anchor a thin strip of webbing between two points and then walk across (very carefully, of course). Bishop is near the Sierra Nevada and is a popular destination for climbers interested in both slacklining and bouldering. What"s bouldering? That"s rock climbing without ropes or harnesses. Instead, climbers simply shimmy up rocky crags and free-standing boulders—but no higher than 20 feet, for safety’s sake. And where there are rock climbers, you’ll likely find slackliners.
Walk the line
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Summer solstice
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Florentine garden brings generations together
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Walking among the giants
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Green is the new black
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Spring comes to the Palouse
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Here there be dragons
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Look before you leap
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Wake up, it s Darwin Day
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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
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Reflections of the night sky
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World Water Day
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Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
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A timeless view of the night sky
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Tiny fliers head south
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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Leaves of Grass
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Waitangi Day in New Zealand
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina