Falko Traber

Falko Traber (born in Besançon, France, October 13, 1959) is a German high wire artist.[1]

He is a direct descendant of one of the oldest artistic families in Germany, the legendary Zugspitze tightrope artists. The name was given to the Traber family show after their spectacular performance in 1952, after their 2964-meter-high performance on the Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. Born during a tour in France, Falko Traber traveled with his family to more than forty countries. Falko Traber is the last of his brothers to still perform the high wire; his brother Charlie died in 2007 at the age of fifty-four.

Traber made the profession of high-wire artist his calling, and set a large number of world records. An exhibit devoted to Traber and his career has been on display in the National Museum in Karlsruhe for several years.

World records

News

On July 16, 2007, Traber appeared in the "Globo", the largest Brazilian daily newspaper, which featured his run on the cable car to Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

TV

References

  1. "Geschichte". falko-traber.de. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

External links

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