Some students at the University of Minnesota are taking a stand for slacklines.
Minnesota Daily reports slackliners stretch a rope or cable between two trees then try to balance on it.
Like this:
The school is trying to shut the recreation down.
“It’s just an activity. It’s harmless,” Kevin O’Brien, the VP of a slackliners club said. “We’re not hurting anyone.”
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins