Climber completes 120ft-high tightrope walk NAKED

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Climber completes 120ft-high tightrope walk NAKED
Climber completes 120ft-high tightrope walk NAKED

Caters News



A daredevil tightrope walker was captured crossing a 120ft-high line over water just one foot deep at Mai Leung in Thailand without a safety harness - or her clothes!

Hayley Ashburn, from San Francisco, discovered the spectacular spot while travelling by boat along the coast with her friends. The 24-year-old was looking for somewhere different from the popular climbing area of Tonsai.

According to Caters News, two days after searching, they came across Mai Leung and couldn't resist jumping ashore and climbing the rocks in the bay.

Hayley said: 'It's not a well-known spot - there are tons of amazing cliffs in Thailand yet to be discovered.

'Most climbers stick to the classic climbs on Tonsai but if you travel by boat it's possible to find spectacular, unclimbed rock like this.

'I found Mai Leung on a trip with my friends while looking for new climbs and highlines.

She added: 'Mai Leung - which is Thai for a small pokey stick - stuck out as an obviously fun object to climb so we came ashore and started setting up.

'The height changed depending on the hour of day and the level of tide. The ocean was moving eight feet vertically between morning and night when we were climbing.

Hayley said that at high tide the water was deep enough to fall into without injury but at low tide the line was over dry land and a fall would be very dangerous.

'I walked naked to feel free, being out on the line without anything on my body at sunrise was magical and beautiful and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

'It was for the thrill and the fun of being naked in the wilderness where nobody is around to see.'

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