Jaan Roose: The Daredevil Who Walked on Slackline Connecting Asia and Europe

Updated : Sep 18, 2024 13:51
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Meet Jaan Roose, the ultimate daredevil who redefined the boundaries of human courage and skill by becoming the first person ever to cross two continents on a slackline.

Defying gravity and expectations, Roose pushed the limits of courage by walking above the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul on Sunday.

The 32-year-old completed the challenge by walking from the Asian side of the Bosporus to the European side, covering a distance of just over one kilometre.

This isn't the first daredevil stunt by Jaan Roose, In July this year, covered a distance of 3.6 kilometres on a slackline that was hooked from Italy to Sicily. In 2 hours and 57 minutes, he completed the walk by taking a total of 15,660 steps to carefully cover the distance and became the first person to successfully walk across Italy’s Strait of Messina.

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