{"id":2888,"date":"2018-02-13T17:04:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T11:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advensure.io\/blog\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:10:46","slug":"ceo-takeover-slackline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advensure.io\/blog\/ceo-takeover-slackline\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO Takeover: Manan Vora’s Slackline Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As part of our #CEOTakeover Week, CEO and Founder, Manan Vora spoke about his recent Slackline experience.<\/span><\/p>

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There is a line scribbled by Chris McCandless, in one of the books the Supertramp had, weeks before he died – <\/span><\/p>

“Happiness only real when shared.<\/em>” <\/span><\/p>

That is what I experienced when I tried Slacklining for the very first time with Slacklife Inc.\u2800<\/p>

I have read quite a bit about Samar Farooqui (Founder of Slacklife Inc) and his theory of balance with Slacklining. But I believe I’m too new at it to get that deep! Instead, what I experienced was picking up a new challenge – walking the line – with someone special. \u2800<\/p>

The task seems simple enough – balance and walk on a rope. But getting around to actually doing that is so much more difficult than you can imagine. Taking this simple, almost child-like, activity up together with someone, falling, encouraging, falling some more and laughing through the process gave us exactly that – child-like joy. We intended to spend a couple of hours there. Instead, we we ended up spending almost the entire day trying to Slackline – We can now walk (scurry through) the low-line and balance (a little) on the higher line!\u2800<\/p>

Having tried it recently, I can’t speak for the sport or advocate it too much. But I can advocate the emotions I experienced while trying Slacklining! I would like to think that I am a little addicted to the feeling (I’m pretending to get up of the ground and walk on lines between tiles, pretending its a slackline), but only time will tell. \u2800<\/p>

The fun of trying a new sport and the joy of “kinda-getting-it” would have been great just as is. Yet, the experience became so profound, only because I had someone to share it with! What came incidental to slacklining, is something beautiful – a quintessential moment – happiness!”<\/p>

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We recently wrote about the fascinating History of Slacklining (it’s pretty brief, really) and the benefits that the sport offers. These include:<\/p>