Slackliner Jaan Roose Completes Historic Italy-to-Sicily Crossing

Roose becomes the first to traverse the Strait of Messina on a slackline, despite a fall preventing a world record.

Jaan Roose crossed from mainland Italy to Sicily on a slackline in under three hours.
The slackline spanned 2.2 miles and was suspended up to 820 feet above the water.
Roose fell just four minutes before finishing, disqualifying him from breaking the slacklining distance record.
He is a three-time slacklining world champion and Hollywood stuntman.
Roose trained for over six months and personally helped set up the slackline using a helicopter.