Bonkers Leo Slacklining Video On Web

We've already told you a bit about the launch of the Berghaus Big Wall range of clothing and equipment aimed at people who, well, climb big walls, but we thought you'd like a heads up on some gripping online video of Leo Houlding slacklining in Yosemite from the web site.

Slacklining, if you don't know already, is pretty much climbers tightrope walking, but on a slack rope. It emerged as a balance exercise / entertainment in Yosemite's climbing campgrounds and went from there.

Of course Leo, being Leo, is slacklining over a massive drop between the rim of the Yosemite valley and Lost Arrow Spire, which is simply bonkers. The gripping bit isn't so much the actual commercial, which you can watch on the site, but the extended 'making of' which underlines just how difficult it was to film and how many times a cursing Leo had to walk the line and fall off before bagging the final take.

"F***! ****! **** - I can't do it..."

Oh, suppose we should telll you that there is swearing involved...

Elsewhere on the site, you can find full details of the whole Berghaus Big Wall range which will enable you to slackline just like Leo, but without swearing, and there's a competition to win a trip to Yosemite for two people.

Anyhow, the bonkers Houlding vid is in the downloads section of the site at www.berghaus.co.uk/bigwall. Enjoy :-)