Woman walks tightrope between moving Volvo trucks

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Karla Pincott
Editor
20 Aug 2012
1 min read

World record-holding tightrope walker Faith Dickey travelled a tightrope between two moving semi-trailers to show of fthe "precision and control" of the Volvo FH series truck range.

The tricky task was overseen by Hollywood stunt meister Peter Pedrero, whose film credits include movies from the James Bond, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises.

The action was performed on a stretch of closed highway in Croatia. And with no other traffic around that probably removed some of the risk. And Dickey was rigged up with a safety cable in case she fell.

However the trucks were both doing about 80km/h and heading towards a divided tunnel -- one for each side -- putting pressure on her to get across the rope before it was smeared against the mountain face the tunnels ran through.

Karla Pincott
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Karla Pincott is the former Editor of CarsGuide who has decades of experience in the automotive field. She is an all-round automotive expert who specialises in design, and has an eye for anything whacky.
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