Jaan Roose offers slackline spectacle at a height of 80 m

A former parkour athlete, Roose has been slacklining since he was 18 and is now a three-time world champion as well as the only person who can do a double overhead somersault on the rope. He holds several world records, won the 2019 World Slackline Masters in Munich, and was a stuntman in the Hollywood film "Assassin's Creed" and appeared in Madonna's "MDNA World Tour."

Looking back on his early career, he recalls:

"When I first started running, I was very anxious. Physically, I was able to do it, but mentally, later on, I put more and more emphasis on the spiritual side of training."

This time, Roose visited the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first week of May to perform a series of tricks among one of the city's most famous symbols, the 97-meter Unitic skyscrapers. The video follows Roose as, after struggling to finish a report at the end of a workday, he walks on a slackline to make it to a friend's office party in the neighboring skyscraper so as not to let him down. The twin towers are nicknamed "Momo and Uzeir" by locals, a 20th century comedy duo whose radio show Cik Cak aired on Radio Sarajevo and was popular throughout the former Yugoslavia.

For this project, Roose performed his skywalk at a height of 80m along a massive 28m tether attached between the twin towers, which is much longer than the usual 15-21m length - the longer rope behaves more unstably and therefore requires more experience and concentration. The 29-year-old said:

"It's a real feast for the eyes here among the towers. At such heights, there is always one element that must be overcome - fear. The other factor is the weather. There was a bit of wind at the time of walking, which makes it difficult to perform some tricks, but you can't control it. Even though I'm used to walking at altitude, the fear never goes away. But that's also the main reason why I do it. I like to put myself to the test and create something visually interesting."