You'll feel like a free bird in this new class.

Step right up, folks! We've found summer's most epic and addictive activity: flying trapeze lessons with the Trapeze School of New York.

New to Chicago, TSNY set up shop at Belmont Harbor and is teaching adventurous Chicagoans how to fly, feel free and fulfill childhood dreams of running away with the circus.

After you've been fitted with a harness and given instructions on how to properly swing from the trapeze, you'll take turns trying basic swings, hanging from your knees and eventually attempt a catch--swinging upside down and grabbing hands with a TSNY instructor--just like in a real circus!

Once we faced our fears and took our first hop off the platform (23 feet above the ground), our adrenaline pumped for the entire two-hour class. We felt weightless, ecstatic, brave and spent the rest of the day riding high on life.

It was the greatest show on Earth.

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