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Photo of the Week: Please Stay Off the Grass

By Roll Call Staff
Posted June 21, 2011 at 6:27pm

Seth de Matties, a Library of Congress employee, walks a slackline Monday in Stanton Park on Capitol Hill. Slacklining is a sport similar to tightrope walking in which the object is to keep from falling, but the rope is more flexible, allowing for more dynamic moves up and down.

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