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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 26 > Walk this way: Slacklining is growing in popularity

Walk this way: Slacklining is growing in popularity

The rock-climbing training technique has popped up around the country

By Kristen Wyatt / The Bulletin
December 26, 2008

BOULDER, Colo. — Slacklining has achieved the recognition that assures its arrival as an outdoor sport: it has been banned by officials at some of the colleges and parks where the test of balance is popular.

The formerly little-known training technique devised by rock climbers is akin....

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