All sports: Elastic cord?

A man balanced and bounced on this elastic rope

or cord attached between two trees near some

apartments in Pacific Beach Sat., Oct. 22.

(Photos by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

On Sat., Oct. 22, I viewed a man tethered to an elastic rope--for lack of a better term--that was tied in the air between two trees. I had never seen this before. He was balancing on the cord, bouncing up and down to gain momentum, then doing flips and other moves.

As he did so, it was obvious that he was attached with a safety catch to the extended cord, because he would flip and miss the cord, yet not fall to the ground. The leash, or tether, caught him and allowed him to pull his way up again to the main cord.

A couple of other people at the children's soccer game I was attending also noticed the balancer and went over to take a photo with their phones.

I have previously seen individuals on low-lying cords attached to trees or other stationary objects as they tried to balance and walk down the cord or rope. This higher, elastic cord was new to me.

When the guy tried a stunt and slipped,

his leash attached to the contraption

saved him from falling to the ground.

The man would then pull

himself up again to the main

line or rope, and resume

trying flips and jumps.