Before I tried the slackline, I didn’t have a passion. I was going through the motions. I didn’t know what I wanted to do and felt like there was nothing to do. It was like, “Let’s go to the bar tonight” or “What’s on TV?” This flat, one-inch-wide piece of webbing opened up everything and helped me come alive.
I started in a park, a foot off the ground, and saw walking the line as a safe way to get over my fear of heights. At first, it was like the tiniest piece of rope under my foot, like walking on a rubber band. Then one day it switched, it felt familiar. When you’re 4,000 or 5,000 feet in the air, in a space where you’re not supposed to be, you have to focus on what’s familiar. Now the feeling of the line calms me down.
Highlining changed my whole mind-set. It’s brought me adventure, I’ve traveled the world, I started my own business, I met my fiancé—all because of this piece of rope.
~ Kimberly Weglin, highliner, Sacramento, CA