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« on: September 03, 2012, 03:05:25 AM »
How's that for balance?

U.S. woman becomes first person to walk a slackline between two trucks driving at full speed

 Faith Dickey, 23, completes stunt with seconds to spare before tunnel

Walking along a tightrope would be terrifying enough for most people.

Add two speeding trucks at either end of the cable and the feat suddenly seems more like an impossible scene from a Hollywood blockbuster.

But for one young woman it provided the perfect adrenaline-inducing stunt to show off her impressive highlining skills.

American slackliner Faith Dickey, 23, became the first person to perform such a death-defying exploit on an unopened stretch of a new motorway in Croatia, with no oncoming traffic.



Death-defying: U.S. stunt woman Faith Dickey, 23, risks her life as she becomes the first person to cross a high wire between two moving trucks




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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 03:07:38 AM »



Relieved: Having survived the dramatic stunt, Miss Dickey said that this particular one was the most terrifying that she had even done

After fastening the tightrope between the two trucks, Miss Dickey limbers up and crosses the wire while both vehicles are still.
But the feat suddenly becomes much harder as they speed along the fresh tarmac with the central barrier of the road separating them.

Miss Dickey makes her first attempt and just a few feet in wobbles and falls, narrowly clinging on to the wire and hauling herself back up.
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2012, 03:08:09 AM »


Limbering up: Miss Dickey practices the dramatic stunt while the two wagons are parked up and a crash mat is below her
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 03:08:44 AM »


Film crews who have worked on blockbusters such as James Bond, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean, prepare to capture the crossing
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2012, 03:09:09 AM »


Nerves: Miss Dickey - a world record holder in highlining - psyches herself up as she prepares for the most difficult stunt of her career
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2012, 03:09:53 AM »


The stunt woman makes good progress on stationary practice runs, signalling that she's ready to attempt the same crossing while the wagons are rolling

With the wind speed battering her, and legs shaking vigorously, she continues her precarious walk between the two wagons.

In a dramatic finish with seconds to spare, she leaps onto the wagon before it speeds through a tunnel.

Miss Dickey, who is the world record holder for highlining, said that the stunt was one of the most terrifying she has done.

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