# New Women's Highline World Record

> German climbers set highest women's highline world record in Karakoram.
- Title: New Women's Highline World Record · Gripped Magazine
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: antonia ruede-passul, lukas irmler, trango tower, karakoram, highline, women's world record, pakistan, Women's, World, Record, Gripped Magazine
- Source: Gripped Magazine — https://gripped.com/news/new-womens-highline-world-record-set-in-karakoram
- Author: Brandon Pullan
- Published: 2026-10-16T14:45:11+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: antonia ruede-passul, lukas irmler, trango tower, karakoram, highline, women's world record, pakistan
## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.