Slackliner Jaan Roose performs 120 meters above Gwanghwamun

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Estonian slackliner Jaan Roose performed a series of tricks 120 meters above the ground in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, on Thursday as a large crowd gathered below to watch.

Roose, 33, a three-time slackline world champion, walked along a 160-meter-long slackline connecting the Koreana Hotel and the Donga Media Center, in what was billed as the first high-altitude slackline performance in central Seoul.

Slacklining is an extreme sport in which athletes balance and walk on a flat, flexible line about 2.5 to 5 centimeters wide stretched between two points.

Slackline athlete Jaan Roose performs tricks 120 meters above the ground at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap)
Slackline athlete Jaan Roose performs tricks 120 meters above the ground at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap)
Slackline athlete Jaan Roose greets the crowd after performing tricks 120 meters above the ground in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, Thursday. (Yonhap)
Slackline athlete Jaan Roose greets the crowd after performing tricks 120 meters above the ground in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, Thursday. (Yonhap)

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