The Estonian athlete Jaan Roose wants to be the first person to cross the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily on a slackline. The record attempt fails spectacularly. Find out why in the video.
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- Jaan Roose wanted to cross the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland on a rubber band just 2 centimetres wide.
- The slackliner almost made it the 3.6 kilometers, but then failed 100 meters before the finish line.
Slackliner Jaan Roose is the first person to cross the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland on a rubber band just 2 centimetres wide.
The 32-year-old Estonian balances for around 3.6 kilometers on a specially stretched band across the Mediterranean. Most of the time he is about 250 meters above sea level.
An amazing feat, but not a record
But it's still not enough for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records: Roose loses his balance around 100 meters before the finish line and crashes spectacularly.
In the video, blue News shows you his unfortunate failure at a literally high level.