Slackliners defy gravity in Hunan

　　Slackliners from countries including France, the United States, Canada and Germany competed in the second International high-altitude slackline competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province. [Photo by Xiong Zongxi/chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Eight slackliners from countries including France, the United States, Canada and Germany competed at the second International High-altitude Slackline Competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province.

　　They walked on 100-meter long tightropes strung between mountains over 1,000 meters high.

　　Beno t Humm, the 24-year-old French slackliner, took the championship.

　　Slackliners from countries including France, the United States, Canada and Germany competed in the second International high-altitude slackline competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province. [Photo by Xiong Zongxi/chinadaily.com.cn]

　　A slackliner dressed in Monkey King costume performed in the second International high-altitude slackline competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province. [Photo by Xiong Zongxi/chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Slackliners from countries including France, the United States, Canada and Germany competed in the second International high-altitude slackline competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province. [Photo by Xiong Zongxi/chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Slackliners from countries including France, the United States, Canada and Germany competed in the second International high-altitude slackline competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province. [Photo by Xiong Zongxi/chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Slackliners from countries including France, the United States, Canada and Germany competed in the second International high-altitude slackline competition on Sunday in Huangshizhai of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province. [Photo by Xiong Zongxi/chinadaily.com.cn]