From Gripped Magazine · Brandon Pullan · · 40s
New Women's Highline World Record
German climbers set highest women's highline world record in Karakoram.
In brief
German climbers set highest women's highline world record in Karakoram. German climbers Lukas Irmler and Antonia Rüede-Passul walked a 6,251-metre highline from Trango Tower summit in Pakistan, setting a new women's world record for highest line walked. Originally reported by Gripped Magazine.
New Women's Highline World Record
German climbers Lukas Irmler and Antonia Rüede-Passul set a women's world record by walking a 6,251-metre highline from Trango Tower summit in Pakistan.
Previous Highline Records
The first recorded highline walk was by Scott Balcom and Chris Carpenter in 1985, stretching 10 metres in Pasadena, California.
Recent Highline Milestones
In 2021, German athletes set a record for longest highline crossing at 2.1 kilometres in Sweden, walking without falling.
The headline
German climbers Lukas Irmler and Antonia Rüede-Passul walked a 6,251-metre highline from Trango Tower summit in Pakistan, setting a new women's world record for highest line walked.
