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tightrope walking

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Also known as funambulisme

skill involving walking on a thin wire or rope

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Encyclopedic overview

The feet of a tightrope walker Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tightrope walking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.