(water falling)
(electronic music)
- [Narrator] So that's me, hanging
from a few small strands of paracord
above a 400-meter waterfall,
scared out of my mind.
And that's Spencer;
this was his idea
of having fun with the filmmaker.
And yes, that's a knife.
(dramatic guitar music)
Do it!
Do it, whoo!
Yeah, do it!
(water falling)
(adventurous guitar music)
- I don't know how many people
dream as heavily as I do,
that have lived through as many dreams.
- Water, wait.
- [Narrator] If there's one
thing I learned about Spencer,
it's to never underestimate which ideas
he can actually pull off.
- They're pretty far
fetched and ridiculous
in the beginning of talking about them,
and then now they're like real.
They've been done;
we've gone bigger.
These dreams that were once just,
like the north gully rope
swing, are now Hunlen Falls.
(machete hacking wood)
- [Narrator] How are things coming along?
- Ah, things are coming along good.
I think it taking a little longer
than what any of us
expected, but it's nice to
make everything really pretty and safe.
- [Narrator] What does Mia think?
- Yeah, scared;
scary, but he's really good.
(hooks up slack line)
- El Jefe!
(guy laughs)
- [Narrator] Because there are four here,
so there's this one and that one.
- Ahh
- But between the two of them
that's all they have in front of them.
- [Narrator] Are you excited?
- Yeah, I'm pretty nervous actually.
It'll be nice to see Woody
take the first swing.
I'm really happy that he's here
to just go for it, you know?
(guitar plays heavy rift)
- Ready?
- Ready
- Three, two, one;
goodbye Woody!
(men howl)
- [Narrator] How'd that go?
- I think that went very well.
I'm still scared shitless,
but (screams in excitement)
I need to drink some water.
(intense drum beating)
(lively music)
- Three, two, one.
Oh, that's it;
so perfect!
(shouts in excitement)
(team shouts with joy)
- Mia's going to fly!
(yells with excitement)
- [Spencer] Count us down, Mia.
- Three, two, one, go!
(wind rushes past)
- That was so much fun!
- Reset, next one!
- [Team Member] Don't forget
to breathe on your way down.
- Holy (bleeping) (bleeping) yeah!
(adrenaline-pumping music)
(shouts in vigor)
- It was a year and a half ago
we were all joined together
before, for the first time
just doing the basic stuff that we do.
And now we're here on the
most epic project ever.
- [Narrator] As we got close to the end
of our time at Hunlen,
there's a deep feeling
of satisfaction shared
by everyone on the team.
So rarely does everything go to plan.
And on this trip it had.
But there was one last thing.
Something that everyone wanted to see
before we all went home.
- It was only maybe a
month ago that one of said,
what's the female world record,
if she sent this, that would be it?
I looked into it and like, she had sent
the Big Dipper in the Highland gathering,
then that would have been a world record.
And she almost did.
(team chatters around campfire)
- [Narrator] We had a total of
three lines rigged at Hunlen.
The longest being 220 meters long.
Mia had gone out on this line a few times,
but never gave it a proper start
from the begging on the line.
We were all silently hoping
that before we went home,
Mia would give it one last proper attempt
at crossing without falling.
- I think somewhere I
know I'm going to tie
and know I'm going to go and walk it.
But a part of me just wants
to turn around and run away.
It's terrifying;
it's scary.
(upbeat music)
♪ Oh, I love this threshold ♪
♪ Can't hold me down ♪
♪ Push through the crossroads
and I it the ground ♪
- One thing I like so much
about highlining is that
it brings you this place where
you're just in that
moment and there's nothing
that really matters besides
that second that you're living in.
It's probably my favorite
part about highlining.
♪ And I chase this river
to the ends of the earth ♪
♪ Batter my bones, it
won't rattle my bones ♪
♪ While my soul lives free
on this wide open road ♪
♪ Now I'm bringing it home,
and I'm bringing it home ♪
♪ I was born low ♪
♪ I was born free ♪
♪ And I taking the reigns ♪
♪ When the world gets cold ♪
♪ I can't be bought or sold you see ♪
♪ I was born bold ♪
- Yeah, this is the longest
a female has ever walked
on a slackline already.
It's already beyond that.
♪ Moving these mountains
that are in my view ♪
♪ No room for doubting ♪
♪ gotta see it through ♪
♪ I'm on the road like a renegade ♪
♪ I'll be the storm and
I'll ride the wave ♪
♪ Oh, oh, gonna ride this wave ♪
(enthusiastic cheering)
♪ And I chase this river.. ♪
- She has walked the longest highline
of any female in the entire world.
Radio right now.
(laughs)
♪ Rattle my bones ♪
♪ While my soul is free
on this wide open road ♪
♪ And I'm bringing it home,
and I'm bringing it home ♪
♪ I was born.. ♪
- Longest female highline, Boom!
(high fives)
So amazing, oh my God.
- [Narrator] So do you care
that you're a world record holder?
- Not really.
It's cool to know that, but yet I think
there's a lot of people
that have the potential
to walk those lines as well.
So, I'm excited to walk longer.
I'm excited to get to meet
other people that walk longer.
Yeah, that's cool to see, 200
is still far ways from 1k,
so I hope people keep breaking
it, and get closer to 1k.
- Proud is one of the only words
I can think of, and just stoked.
She has truly earned what she's done
because she's worked really hard.
And she's just crushing now;
she's just better than
every one of us, absolutely.
She's, I think, is starting to know it.
She really is and it's not gonna be long
before she is like, I don't know.
I'm so excited to see what's
going to happen the next year
or the next two years, you know?
It's going to be something else.
(wind blows)
(lively music)
- Why just jump off?
Why be so basic?
How many people have jumped off,
holding the rope in
front of them, and swang.
Lots.
Just come up with something;
do something different.
And that's what I've
always encouraged people
when it comes to rope swings.
So, get yourself out of that comfort zone.
It's so easy for me to just jump off,
especially on the first swing,
which I've done many of times
because it's just that first swing,
but even at Hunlen I
couldn't be that basic.
(enthusiastic shout)
♪ I think that I should warn ya ♪
♪ There's something about to change ♪
♪ We're standing at the
border where history is made ♪
♪ We're cranking up the lights
now, so everyone can see ♪
♪ It's all happening right now ♪
♪ We're gonna make you believe ♪
♪ It's about to get crazy ♪
♪ It's about to go down ♪
♪ It's about to get crazy ♪
♪ It's gonna be loud ♪
♪ This is our house, we do what we wanna ♪
♪ We'll blow the roof up ♪
♪ Everybody's comin' ♪
♪ it's about to get crazy ♪
♪ It's about to go down ♪
♪ It's about to go down ♪
♪ We'll make the whole world hear us ♪
♪ So, throw your hands up high ♪
♪ We're about to show
you why they fear us ♪
♪ Here comes the battle cry ♪
- One, get some!
♪ Here comes the battle cry ♪
♪ It's about to get crazy ♪
♪ It's about to go down ♪
♪ It's about to get crazy ♪
♪ It's gonna be loud ♪
♪ This is our house, we do what we wanna ♪
♪ We'll blow the roof up ♪
♪ Everybody's coming ♪
♪ It's about to get crazy ♪
♪ It's about to go down ♪
♪ It's about to get ♪
♪ It's about to get ♪
♪ It's about to get ♪
- Do it, yeah do it!
♪ It's about to get crazy ♪
(shouts in joy) Yeah
(upbeat music)
- Guys, that was no fun at all.
It's too dangerous for anyone
else to do it for sure.
(bacon sizzling)
- I'm the minister of bacon affairs.
- [Narrator] All coordinated
by this magical man, Mat.
- Magical Mat.
He's no longer Mountain Mat.
♪ Some kind of complicating love ♪
♪ Another face from another time ♪
♪ About treat from the bone line ♪
♪ But in the spring they're coming up ♪
♪ To tell me that I'm strong enough ♪
♪ Swear I'll make it good enough to last ♪
(plane engine starting)
- We don't want it to go over three planes
because it's over the
budget that we is zero.
