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Simple curiosities compel scientist to study slacklining |
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L. Mahadevan is a professor of applied mathematics. But he's also a physicist. And an engineer. ''One doesn't have to look too hard around to find interesting questions, beautiful questions,'' he said.
Take one of his latest riddles: the physics of walking a slackline
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Philippe Petit releases film on epic tightrope feat |
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02/07/08
Philippe Petit, is an inspirational figure to many slackers who have walked or have aspired to walk a highline. The man who performed a tightrope walk between New York's Twin Towers has been immortalised in a documentary.
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Slacklining proves popular at Crag Attack |
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This weekend, the team decamped to Cheddar, Somerset for this years Crag Attack Event.
Despite we weather on Saturday and extreme winds on Sunday, the "have a go" slackline was very popular with beginners and more experienced slackers alike, with the line barely being vacant all weekend.
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900 ft up with nowhere to go |
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This was something else entirely for Dean Potter, one of the world’s
best climbers, barefoot in the dying sun last Friday, walking between
ledges of a U-shaped rim above Hell Roaring Canyon, a 400-foot sheer
sandstone wall on his right, a 900-foot drop to a dry riverbed on his
left. No leash tethered him to the rope. Nothing attached him to earth
but the grip of his size-14 feet and the confident belief that, if
needed, his parachute would open quickly and cleanly and not slam him
into the canyon wall.
By JERÉ LONGMAN
Published: March 14, 2008
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Results of the Slackline Masters Fort WiIlliam 2008 |
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Well done to everybody who made the effort to go to Fort William. Everybody had fun and it was a great social occasion with most of us staying together and parting over a number of days.
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