![]() All in all, the “Hotel Tiwira” was a bit disorganized but extremely nice.ĭuring the next few days, a few more highliners arrived, so that the project could start now. There were five rooms and the hotel was run by Moroccan climbers. It was much smaller than the group expected. When it got dark it was time to check into the nearby hotel. “The place was better than we ever dreamed and after an hour a good spot was found” as Samuel Volery later remembers. They could not wait to find out where the best places were to rig the slacklines. They met nomads, Berbers and other Moroccan locals and it was a journey of great fun, music and expectations of the Todra Valley.Īfter three days they reached their destination and jumped like a group of enthusiastic children from the van to run up the red rocks and admire the impressive landscape. So the European group continued on its way south through beautiful landscapes along grand canyons. ![]() Several officials tried to explain that they needed a permit to let the van into the country and get this permission for a little money, but they refused to pay and so it went in the end without … Apart from some beautiful sunsets in the south of Spain and a juggling and slackline session on the ferry nothing special happened on arrival, but at the harbor the sudden cultural change was evident. The previous highline world record was held by Nathan Paulin (F) and Danny Mensik (CZ), who ran in the south of France a line of 1020m.Īs several hundred kilograms of equipment are needed for such a project, Samuel Volery (CH, project manager), Tijmen van Dieren (NL) and Daniel Laruelle (GB) traveled by van from Switzerland. ![]() ![]() In late September, an international team of adventurers met above the Todra Valley in Morocco to rig spectacular highlines in various lengths and heights, including the longest highline ever built, at this unique canyon. ![]()
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