Sebastian Egger stood on the slackline for the first time just six years ago. His best friend had brought the synthetic fiber tape with him, which is usually stretched between two trees in order to then balance over it. “I wasn’t at all enthusiastic about it back then. I was really bad,” remembers the Zurich-born Wolfratshauser. For three years he then concentrated more on climbing – until he sustained a shoulder injury. Only then did Egger turn to the slackline again. Today he is one of the best in his sport, and that also in an extreme discipline of slacklining – highlining.