A French highline walker has crossed the River Seine in Paris at a top of 70 metres, in a panoramic feat watched by cheering crowds on the Eiffel Tower and alongside the banks.
Hooked up by a strap to a security lanyard, 27-year-old Nathan Paulin slowly progressed barefoot on a line stretched throughout the river between the Eiffel Tower and the Chaillot theatre. He stopped for just a few breaks, sitting or mendacity on the rope.
“It wasn’t simple strolling 600 metres, concentrating, with the whole lot round, the strain … but it surely was nonetheless lovely,” he mentioned on Saturday after finishing the crossing.
He mentioned acquiring the mandatory authorisations had been tough, in addition to “the stress linked to the viewers, the truth that there are lots of people”.
Paulin, who’s the holder of a number of world information, carried out the feat to have a good time France’s annual Heritage Day, when individuals are invited to go to buildings and monuments which can be normally closed to the general public.
He mentioned his motivation was “primarily to do one thing lovely and to share it and in addition to convey a brand new perspective on heritage. It’s to make heritage come alive.”
Paulin had beforehand crossed the Seine on a tightrope on Heritage Day in 2017.