The presence of a fearless man crossing Monserrate, in what appeared to be a line, surprised residents of Bogotá on the morning of June 8, which is why several people posted videos of the feat on social media that appeared to be performed by a street artist, but turned out to be an international athlete who has already broken several records.

Jaan Roose is an Estonian athlete and actor who has been practicing for over twelve years. slacklininga sport known in Spanish as “stretched band” which is attached to two anchor points so that the protagonists can cross from one end to the other.

Roose accomplished a feat on June 8 in Bogotá, since the European crossed the hills of Monserrate and Guadalupe on a tightrope as the sole basis; However, his actions did not go unnoticed, as Bogotá residents only discovered him when Red Bull’s official account confirmed that he was not a street performer, but an athlete. highly qualified.

“This is what really happened today in Monserrate”, was the trill with which the international brand confirmed that it was a practice with all the necessary security.

Roose started in the slacklining at the age of 18, a discipline that caught his attention for the possibility of being able to cross tall structures around the world. He is one of the best in the sport, having been a three-time world champion and He is the only one to have managed to achieve a double backflipit is one of the many records he broke during his career.

In Bogotá, The Estonian cleared 1,525 meters, between Monserrate Hill and Guadalupe Hillwhich, moreover, They are located 3,100 meters above sea level. Roose took two hours and 12 minutes to achieve his goal of crossing the previously anchored tightrope from end to end.

“Now I haven’t even seen the end of the rope, it was the longest line I have traveled and so far the crossing between the two hills of Bogota has been my personal best,” said said Jaan after completing his feat.

Three people are part of Roose’s task force, which arrived in Colombia with the intention of corresponds to what was done by the Canadian Harry Warner in 1895who until now was the only one to have crossed the two hills of Bogota on a loose leash. There is only one record of this feat and a few stories about it.so that Europe has established the mark that the future slackliners.

“I’m here for a reason: I heard the story that 128 years ago the Canadian tightrope walker crossed these two peaks, but very little is known about the history and I don’t know where he went exactly because the distance is different from those times and I wanted to bring this mysterious story to life.

The 30-year-old Estonian not only He was three times world champion slackliningbut he has also accomplished great unparalleled feats, among them pass 28 meters between two 80 meter high skyscrapers in Rotterdamin addition to being the only man who crossed the “crocs” of Kazakhstanlimestone columns from millions of years ago.

As well as being a Red Bull professional athlete, Jaan Roose also acts as a stuntmanparticipating in Hollywood movies like Assassin’s Creed.