I’VE GOT A thing about heights. Put me 24 feet in the air, and my palms get sweaty, my knees buckle and I deeply regret climbing up the ladder that got me there. The flying-trapeze instructors at ...

Hands coated in chalk, belt strapped around my waist, I took a deep breath, approached the blue metal ladder and started to climb. The 10-foot platform looked much higher from the top. As two guys ...

Nate Lavers took his first swing at trapeze while on a date 10 months ago. While the relationship didn’t last, he continued to learn the art of swinging from the apparatus — a short horizontal bar ...

I’m grinning like a clown. It’s the adrenalin, apparently. For one night only I am flying through the air with the greatest of ease. I’ve just completed a “catch”, and I’m bouncing on the safety net, ...