![]() ![]() ![]() My thoughts were dying but I do remember feeling these things: A: Where are you exactly? And why were you there? ![]() Scott’s photo was taken just a few minuets after I got on this highline for the first time. It usually takes me some serious time on a slackline to pause the dialogue in my head and tap into a deeper state of mind that is best described with Zen Buddhism or the Taoist idea of Non-action. It’s like becoming a monkey again, or any wild creature, once you are on the edge of survival you just “do it” without thought of consequences or fear of failure this for me is most liberating and extremely human in experience. Jared Alden: The wonderful thing about highlining is that it facilitates coming down out of thought and into feeling, a state of responsiveness and acting from instinct this is an activation of kinesthetic intelligence in the brain’s cerebellum (the ancient part of the brain), stopping thought involves shutting down the cognitive processing of the brain’s frontal lobe (a newer part of the brain). “We rigged slacklines at the beach, waterlines off piers and cliffs, high waterlines with tourists kayaking below, and even a highline between the masts of a pirate ship.” Adventure: What were you thinking at this moment? “We really got creative with our shenanigans on this trip,” says Alden, who lives with his family in Pennsylvania. Lured by the country’s unique limestone, ten slacklining friends spent a month in Thailand establishing new climbing routes and highlines-and partaking of the local culture’s fresh, healthy food, world-renowned massages, and friendly scene. “Should I grab the stalactite with my hands or turn around on my feet like a real pro?” recalls slackliner-photographer Jared Alden of this moment on an unusual stalactite highline on Koh Yao Noi island in Phuket, Thailand. See more photos like these in our Extreme Photo of the Week gallery. ![]()
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