Friedi Kühne

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Friedrich Paul Kuehne (* 2. November 1989 in Erlangen , nickname Friedi ) is a German professional slackliners and multiple Highline - world record holder . He is known, among other things, for numerous first free solo ascents of longer and higher highlines worldwide and for inventing several acrobatic tricks on the highline.

Athletic career

Beginnings

Growing up in Rosenheim , Kühne was able to benefit from the proximity to the Alps from an early age . In his parents' house, skiing and mountaineering were part of the regular weekend program. As a teenager he soon got into gymnastics , bouldering and climbing via parkour and freerunning . At the age of 19 he stood on a slackline for the first time during a climbing holiday in Arco and, according to his own statements, quickly became "addicted" to the sport of balance.

Tricklining

Due to his gymnastics past, Kühne was initially very enthusiastic about tricklining . From 2010 to 2014 he took part in numerous trickline competitions, organized his first shows with his partner Elephant Slacklines at the time, and appeared at various international slackline events as well as on German television. He also set his first world record not in highlining, but in tricklining: In May 2011, Kühne and his friend Bernd Hassmann were the first slackliners to jump through a 50 m long, tightly stretched line in a combo. In December 2013, Kühne had his first major television appearance: In the Christmas episode of the ZDF live show "WETTEN, DASS ..." he bet that he could blow out six Christmas tree candles one after the other by "surfing" on a slackline - without falling down and in less than 3.5 minutes. He succeeded in the bet, but in the election for the show's king of betting he ended up just behind the winner in second place.

Highlining

Free solo on the highline to Lost Arrow Spire, Yosemite, 2018

Kühne tried his hand at his first highline when he was 20 years old. This was stretched at a height of 30 m over the Wolfsschlucht in Neubänen , the place that was to become a regular training spot for him and his colleagues in the years that followed. Despite his initial focus on tricklining, he ran a few highlines there and in the surrounding Alps until he finally turned his attention entirely to balancing at heights during an exchange year as a foreign language assistant in the USA . In popular highline areas on the North American west coast such as Yosemite , Squamish , Smith Rock , Leavenworth , Joshua Tree and Columbia River Gorge, he was able to climb numerous highlines of over 100 m in length for the first time. At festivals he made friends with American slackline icons such as Jerry Miszewski, Andy Lewis and Spencer Seabrooke, who supported him in numerous highline projects in the years that followed. In highlining, Kühne set several world records in the period 2015-2019.

Free solo

Kühne made his first "real" unsecured highline ascent in summer 2014 in Ostrov , Czech Republic , on a 25 m long, approx. 20 m high highline. Before that, he had already done numerous unsecured deep water solo as well as swami inspections of up to 40 m in length. The latter describes a variant of securing with a rope around the stomach or foot instead of wearing a full climbing harness. The first higher and more exposed free solo ascents followed during his year as a foreign language assistant in the USA. In the beginning he never let himself be filmed or photographed for reasons of personal motivation and kept his passion for free solo highlining a secret for several years, except for the knowledge of a few close friends. When he walked a 72 m long, 400 m high highline at the Hunlen Falls in British Columbia , Canada in August 2016 without a safety device, he allowed his friends to film him for the first time. The free solo world record was broken and Kühne's controversial passion was made public for the first time.

World records and other achievements

date place power
May 2011 Munich , Germany World record longest jumpline crossing in a combo (length 50 m)
February 2012 Munich, Germany Second place ISPO Slackline Open
July 2013 Bichlbach , Austria First place Austrian Trickline Cup
December 2013 Augsburg , Germany Second place in ZDF's "WETTEN THAT ..."
May 2014 Straubing , Germany World record longest waterline over strong currents ( Danube ; length 121 m)
July 2014 Vienna , Austria First place Austrian Trickline Cup
May 2015 Yosemite , USA First ascent of a 110 m long highline over the Yosemite Falls
September 2015 Moléson , Switzerland World record longest highline, category low-tech / polyester (length 296 m)
May 2016 Munich, Germany World record longest urban highline ( Olympic Stadium ; length 153 m)
June 2016 Straubing , Germany World record longest urban highline (length 169 m) with Lukas Irmler
June 2016 Karlsruhe , Germany World record longest urban highline (length 190 m)
August 2016 Hunlen Falls , Canada World record longest FREE SOLO Highline (length 72 m, height 400 m)
October 2016 Saint-Jeannet , France World record longest highline, category low-tech / polyester (length 800 m)
May 2017 Saint-Jeannet, France Crossing the longest highline in the world (length 1,600 m, of which 1,500 m walked continuously)
September 2017 Verdon , France World record longest FREE SOLO Highline (length 110 m, height 200 m)
September 2018 Senja , Norway Crossing the longest highline in the world (length 2,800 m, of which 2,200 m walked continuously)
September 2018 Asbestos , Canada World record longest highline (length 1,900 m) with Anthony Hotte , Anthony Boulay , Guillaume Fontaine , Mia Noblet (all Canada) and Samuel Volery ( Switzerland )
May 2019 Kislovodsk , Russia World record longest blindfolded highline (length 975 m) with Lukas Irmler
September 2019 Moscow , Russia World record highest urban highline (height 350 m, length 216 m) together with Alexander Gribanov , Maxim Kagin , Vladimir Murzaev , Gennady Skripko (all Russia), Mia Noblet (Canada), and Nathan Pauling (France)
July 2020 Mainz , Germany World record : Most (17) "Chest bounces" within 90 seconds on a highline as part of the TV program ZDF-Fernsehgarten

Personal

Kühne passed his Abitur in 2009 at the Karolinen-Gymnasium Rosenheim . After nine months of community service at the Caritas Wendelstein workshops in Rosenheim , he began studying teaching for grammar schools (English and mathematics) at LMU Munich in autumn 2010 . He successfully completed his studies in autumn 2017 and has lived in Bad Aibling ever since, dedicating all of his time to slacklining.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Petra Rapp: Slackliner Friedi Kühne: Balancing act at the limit. In: Gore-Tex Brand Blog. WL Gore & Associates GmbH, December 23, 2016, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Project: Jumpline.50 [HD]. In: vimeo. Elephant Slacklines, November 10, 2011, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Nina Bautz: Munich student wants to be the king of betting. In: tz.de. Merkur tz Redaktions GmbH & Co. KG, January 14, 2014, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b rap: Rosenheimer appears in "Wetten, dass ..?". In: rosenheim24.de. OVB24 GmbH, December 12, 2013, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Friedi Kühne at WETTEN, DASS ... December 14, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Petra Gasslitter: Almost like flying - about the man who sets new standards in slacklining. In: stern.de. stern.de GmbH, May 29, 2017, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Andreas Fallscheer: Bad Aibling: Life in Balance. In: aib-stimme.de. Andreas Fallscheer, September 9, 2019, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b c Hermann Valkyser: Friedi Kühne - the man who walks through heaven. In: zdf.de. Second German Television, April 21, 2019, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Friedi Kuehne: The best 10 months of my life. In: youtube.com. October 9, 2015, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  10. ^ Levi Allen: World Record Free Solo by Friedi Kühne | shot in 4k. In: youtube.com. Leftcoast Media House Inc., September 1, 2016, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Munich professional slackliner breaks his own free solo highline world record. In: bergstieg.com. Alpinverlag Jentzsch-Rabl GmbH, October 4, 2017, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Michael Levy: Friedi Kühne Free Solos 110 Meter Highline. In: The Outdoor Journal. The Outdoor Journal LLC, October 6, 2017, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  13. ↑ rap / Oberbayerisches Volksblatt: Strong performance on the line. In: OVB online. Oberbayerisches Volksblatt GmbH & Co. Medienhaus KG, February 3, 2012, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Lukas Irmler: Waterline record attempt on the Danube. Lukas Irmler, June 7, 2014, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Austrian Trickline Cup 2014 at the Donauinselfest Vienna. In: VIENNA.AT - Vienna Online. Russmedia Digital GmbH, July 1, 2014, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Ulli Scharrer: Thrill, also for those on the ground . In: Martin Balle, Hermann Balle (eds.): Straubinger Rundschau . Cl. Attenkofer'sche Buch- und Künsterei KG, Straubing June 25, 2016, p. 35 .
  17. ↑ Aileen Heselich: wobbling over the Wolfsschlucht. In: FAZ.NET. Gerald Braunberger, Werner D'Inka, Jürgen Kaube, Berthold Kohler, September 23, 2016, accessed on March 4, 2020 .
  18. ^ David Ebner: A fine balance. In: The Globe and Mail. Phillip Crawley, July 13, 2017, accessed March 4, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Petra Gasslitter: Almost like flying - about the man who sets new standards in slacklining. In: stern.de. stern.de GmbH, May 29, 2017, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Munich professional slackliner breaks his own free solo highline world record. In: bergstieg.com. Alpinverlag Jentzsch-Rabl GmbH, October 4, 2017, accessed on March 4, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Le record mondial au Highline d'Asbestos a été réalisé. In: Actualités-L'Étincelle. Journal Actualités - L'Étincelle, September 30, 2018, accessed on March 1, 2020 (French).
  22. ↑ Petra Rapp: New highline world record with blindfolded eyes - a very special flow experience. In: outdoor-presse.blog. Editorial office Petra Rapp, May 7, 2019, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  23. ^ Highest urban highline walk with harness (ISA-verified). In: Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records Limited, accessed March 1, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Live your sport: Friedi Kühne - world record chest bounces. In: Youtube. Marcel Suttrup “Live your sport”, July 19, 2020, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kühne, Friedi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kühne, Friedrich Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German slackliner
DATE OF BIRTH November 2nd 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH gain