A video showing a man performing a jaw-dropping stunt as he swirled on four slacklines while dangling 164ft above a gorge is doing the rounds on the internet.
Lucas Irmler, a professional slackliner, amazed people across the globe by positioning himself as depicted in a drawing by Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci.
Watch the moment in the video below.
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Irmler, from Freising, Germany, did the impossible when he held four thin slacklines by his hands and feet and started spinning while maintaining his balance.
The 31-year-old adrenaline junkie performed the stunt in India’s first Highline and Slackline gathering held in Lonavala after he decided to model Vitruvian Man drawing.
Revealing the details of the breathtaking stunt, Irmler said that video was filmed near Duke’s Nose, a popular climbing destination in India.
“I was attending the Great Indian Highline Gathering – India´s first international Slackline meeting,” said the adventurer.
“Apart from the spinning Slackline – called DaVinci Highline – we also set up and successfully walked India’s longest Highline with 2,395 feet in length at an height of about 150m.
“The video shows me spinning on a slackline set-up we call DaVinci Line – it consists of four individual lines which you spread out with your hands and feet.”
He added: “Then you can spin around and stay upside down as well. Since this setup was more than 160 feet high, I was secured.
“This was the first time something like this was attempted in India.”
Speaking of how he got himself prepared for the frightening stunt, Irmler said: “I was practicing the particular stunt in a gym in Munich before and I have been slacklining at great heights for more than 10 years to prepare for this moment.
“It was a very demanding stunt, involving a lot of physical strength, coordination and a great deal of overcoming your fear.”
Expressing how he felt after making the impossible possible, Irmler said: “Turning upside down and spinning around in 50-metre height is not an every day experience, not even for a professional highliner like me.
“It was super rewarding and fun to overcome this fear, to look down into the abyss and to come back up to your feet.”
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