Above the Abyss: Finding Strength, Stillness, and Survival on the Slackline [Paperback]

Step out over the abyss and discover the incredible story of professional slackliner Friedi K?hne overcoming personal limits, grappling with mental toughness, and achieving greatness from thousands of feet in the air.

Slacklining is an ever-evolving extreme sport in which an athlete must walk across a thin line of flexible webbing from one point to another. What once began as a trendy hobbywith a person balancing just a foot or two off the ground between two treeshas now evolved into intense feats of athleticism, including performing flips, twists, and other tricks across the slackline (tricklining) and achieving incredible balancing acts from, for some intrepid athletes, heights upwards of 6,000 feet (highlining).

InAbove the Abyss,author and professional slackliner Friedi K?hne dives into his slackline journey, from doing tricks as a kid on trampolines and park benches to trying his first highline at 18 years old. Along the way, K?hne learns how to train his body to achieve balance, find focus, and stay resilient. His love of slacklining takes him all over the world as he competes for world records, achieves personal milestones, and ultimately discovers how physical and mental limits can be overcome if we dont allow our fears to hold us back.

From nail-biting descriptions of highline adventures to practical advice and strategies that have carried K?hne between mountains and skyscrapers,Above the Abysscaptures the passion, struggles, and determination at the center of one mans pursuit of slackline greatness.Friedi K?hnewas born in Erlangen, Germany, and grew up in Rosenheim in close proximity to the Alps. After graduating high school, he obtained his teaching degree English and mathematics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He graduated from the university in the fall of 2017 and has lived in Bad Aibling since, dedicating most of his time and energy to slacklining. In late 2023, he publishedl##