ever heard of slackline?

I first heard the term last year, and thought the concept sounded interesting. What's the concept?

Fix a length of 1" tubular webbing between 2 anchor points and walk the line.

It sounds pretty simple, doesn't it? A couple of high school guys and I set one up in the woods behind my office today. Matt has done this before, and he can walk the line. He almost pulled off a turn around. Mark and I were not quite as successful. It's not easy--not by a long shot.

It's a great work out for the core muscles, balance, and concentration.

Some folks, of course, make the difficult look easy.


I'm looking forward to some serious play now that the weather is turning warmer. Ropes and hikes and kayaks and long family walks through the Millbrook Marsh...this is going to be a great season!