He’s Supposed to Walk a Tightrope 120 Meters Above Gwanghwamun Tomorrow… Is This Already a Rehearsal? (Video)
160-Meter High-Wire Walk 120 Meters Above Gwanghwamun… SOOP to Exclusively Live-Stream Yan Rus’s Challenge
Live Broadcast of the Gwanghwamun Slackline Event on October 1 at 1:00 p.m.
160-meter round trip from Dong-A Media Center to COREANA COSMETICS CO.,LTD Hotel
Featuring commentary by Park Jae-min and anchor Seok Hyun Hong
[Edaily Reporter Lee So-Hyun ] A 160-meter-long high-altitude slacklining challenge taking place 120 meters above downtown Gwanghwamun in Seoul will be broadcast live via SOOP(067160). World-renowned slackliner Jaan Roose will perform a back-and-forth crossing between the Dong-A Media Center and the COREANA COSMETICS CO.,LTD., with SOOP providing exclusive commentary during the broadcast. As of 5:40 p.m. on September 30, an unidentified person is performing a high-altitude slackline walk between the Koreana Hotel and the Dong-A Media Center in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. On this same stretch tomorrow (October 1), world-renowned slackliner Jaan Roose is scheduled to take on the “Red Bull Seoul Tightrope Walk,” walking back and forth along a 160-meter-long rope suspended 120 meters above the ground. It has not yet been confirmed whether the person currently walking the rope is involved in tomorrow’s event or is simply practicing in advance.(Reported by Kang Kyung-rok, E-Daily)As of 5:40 p.m. on September 30, an unidentified person is performing a high-altitude slackline walk between the Koreana Hotel and the Dong-A Media Center in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. In this area, world-renowned slackliner Jan Rus is scheduled to attempt the “Red Bull Seoul Tightrope Walk” tomorrow (October 1), walking back and forth along a 160-meter-long line suspended 120 meters above the ground. It has not yet been confirmed whether the person currently walking the tightrope is affiliated with tomorrow’s event or is simply practicing in advance.(Reported by Kang Kyung-rok, E-Daily)As of 5:40 p.m. on September 30, an unidentified person is performing a high-altitude slackline walk between the Koreana Hotel in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, and the Dong-A Media Center. In this area, world-renowned slackliner Jan Ruth is scheduled to attempt the “Red Bull Seoul Slackline” tomorrow (October 1), walking back and forth on a 160-meter-long line suspended 120 meters above the ground. It has not yet been confirmed whether the person currently walking the line is involved in tomorrow’s event or is simply practicing in advance. (Reported by Kang Kyung-rok, E-Daily) SOOP announced that it will live-stream the “Red Bull Seoul Slackline” event, set to take place at the Gwanghwamun intersection in Seoul starting at 12:40 p.m. on October 1.
The performance will take place twice that day, at 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM, and SOOP will broadcast the 1:00 PM challenge. Commentator Park Jae-min and announcer Seok Hyun Hong will join the broadcast to explain the slacklining discipline, the athletes’ movements, and the on-site situation.
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160-meter round trip between two buildings in Gwanghwamun
The “Red Bull Seoul Slackline” is an extreme sports performance that uses the entire city center as its arena.
Slacklining is a sport in which participants move while maintaining balance on a narrow, flat rope stretched between two points. For this event, the rope will be set up on a high-altitude course connecting the Dong-A Media Center and the COREANA COSMETICS CO.,LTD. at the Gwanghwamun intersection.
Jan Rus, from Estonia, will attempt a round-trip crossing, starting from the Dong-A Media Center, using the COREANA COSMETICS CO.,LTD. Hotel as a turnaround point, and returning to the starting point.
The course is 160 meters one way, with an absolute elevation of 120 meters.
Three-time
World Champion… Also Crossed the Bosporus Strait
Jan Rus is a three-time slackline world champion who holds numerous world records and firsts.
He is also known as the first athlete to successfully perform a “standing double backflip” on a slackline and has carried out high-altitude projects against the backdrop of landmarks and natural environments around the world.
In 2024, he became the first person to cross from Asia to Europe on a slackline by traversing a 1,074-meter stretch of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, in just 47 minutes.
That same year, he also attempted to cross the Strait of Messina—a stretch of approximately 3.6 km connecting mainland Italy to the island of Sicily. Although he lost his balance just before completing the crossing and the feat was not recognized as an official world record, he made history as the first person to traverse that stretch on a slackline.
In 2023, he also unveiled the “Sparkline” project, in which he crossed an approximately 150-meter-long LED slackline installed between buildings in Lusail, Qatar.
Jan Rus decided to stage this performance in Seoul after developing an interest in traditional tightrope walking during his visit to Korea in 2022.
Live commentary for the “Red Bull Seoul Tightrope Walk” will be available starting at 12:40 p.m. on October 1 on the SOOP channel “Red Bull Korea (redbullkr).”
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