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This is the Least Traditional Meeting We've Ever Seen (VIDEO)

A group of extreme athletes met for the third annual International Highline Meeting in the northern Italian Alps.

But it’s not your traditional meeting with colleagues in a small, cramped room. Instead, these athletes gathered at Italy’s Monte Piana, walking tightropes from mountain to mountain to reach their friends.

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They even spent the night suspended in hammocks.

They look pretty calm for people far off the ground.

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In this image provided by Red Bull, Jonathan Paredes of Mexico dives from the 27 meter platform during the first competition day of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on June 28, 2013 at Islet Vila Franca do Campo, Azores, Portugal. (Romina Amato/Red Bull via Getty Images)

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In this image provided by Red Bull, Jonathan Paredes of Mexico dives from the 27 meter platform during the first competition day of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on June 28, 2013 at Islet Vila Franca do Campo, Azores, Portugal. (Romina Amato/Red Bull via Getty Images)

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