Matt, Tony and Kristen chat with world-record-holding slackliner Friedi Kühne, who recently walked a line between two hot air balloons over 8,000 feet in the air. Friedi breaks down the intense prep behind his sky-high achievements, how the slackline community drew him in and what inspired his new book.

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