The video by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset of the highline walked by Tancrède Melet above a crevasse on the Géant glacier (Mont Blanc).

Is that how you came up with the idea of surfing a highline? Yes. For me, it really was when I met Tancrède Melet [the French tightrope walker who died in January 2016 while preparing for a show].

A French daredevil known for his high-risk slackline walks performed around the world plummeted to this death Tuesday in a stunt gone wrong. Frenchman Tancrede Melet, an expert slackliner, BASE ...

A Frenchman known for his gasp-inducing stunts died while preparing for a daring performance on a hot air balloon. Tancrede Melet plummeted roughly 100 feet on Tuesday while meeting in the French a… ...

A high-flying French thrill-seeker has fallen 100 feet to his death in an accident while setting up a stunt with hot air balloons, according to his team of aerial acrobats. Tancrède Melet died ...

Héros du film «I believe I can fly», Tancrède Melet évoque tous les moyens qu’il a de s’envoyer en l’air: highline, base-jump, catapulte… ...

SCRIPT SOUNDBITE 1 Tancrede Melet (man), 'slacker' (8 sec): "Place one foot behind the other, and try to stay in balance, by fixing your eyes on a point across from you." [In French: "Tu places ...

Frenchman Tancrede Melet, an expert slackliner, base jumper and wing-suitor, died Tuesday while preparing to perform a hot air balloon stunt in southern France.

On 5 January 2016 Tancrède Melet perished at Dios in France. Together with his group The Flying Frenchies, the 32-year-old artist, slackliner, acrobat, basejumper and climber had stunned us all with ...

Melet was performing stunts on a hot air ballon when he plunged 100 feet to his death. He was 32 years old.

Tancrède Melet, highliner, rock-climber and circus performer, died on January 5th, aged 32 Jan 23rd 2016|5 min read ...