Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining.
The feet of a tightrope walker
Tightrope walking, Armenian manuscript, 1688
Maria Spelterini crossing Niagara Falls on July 4, 1876
Jultagi, the Korean tradition of tightrope walking
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine.
A coil of right-handed laid three-strand rope
Three-strand natural fibre laid line
Hawser-laid rope (Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943)
Bollard and mooring line