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Travel

Heinz Zak: walking the line

Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline across Lost Arrow
Climber Heinz Zac crosses a highline from Lost Arrow spire in Yosemite National Park with only a safety leash to protect him from the nearly 3,000ft (900-metre) drop Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline across Lost Arrow, El Capitan, Yosemites, US
The vertigo-inducing view down from Lost Arrow Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: HEINZ ZAK - HIGHLINE DANGER MAN
Heinz's highline walks have taken him around the world to challenging locations such as Alderspach in the Czech Republic Photograph: Heinz Zak /Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline
The view down to earth in Munich Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline Devil's Tower, Dresden, Germany
Heinz walks across to Devil's Tower in Dresden, Germany Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline across a lake in Stubai, Austria
Heinz serenely walks across a lake in Stubai, Austria Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline at the foot of the Matterhorn, Switzerland
Stunning views of the Matterhorn provide a backdrop to Heinz's highline walk in Switzerland Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline in Dresden, Germany
Walking into the sunset in Dresden, Germany Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
Tightrope: Heinz Zak on a highline in Styria, Austria
Heinz performs his highline walk in Styria, Austria Photograph: Heinz Zak/Barcroft Media
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