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Chinese Acrobat Breaks Guinness World Record, Crosses Tightrope 108 Ft Above Ground
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Aug 01, 2013 03:23 PM EDT
Daredevil Aisikaier Wublikasimu, a 40-year-old Chinese acrobat, had already made it in the Guinness Book of World Records for tightrope-walking at dangerous heights. But twice wasn't enough. He had to take it a step further.
According to the Daily Mail, Wublikasimu tiptoed across a steel beam 108 feet above the ground just two inches wide and 108 ft. long held together by two hot air balloons. And he did the entire walk in only 38.35 seconds! This breaks the Guinness Record, according to the New York Daily News.
The Daily Mail notes that just last July, he almost fell to his death while blindfolded when attempting to walk over a 2,300-foot wire in the Hunan Province. He fell 650-feet during the performance, but miraculously survived.
Jean-Francois Gravelet was the first tightrope walker according to history. Born in 1924, his first crossing was along Niagara Falls in 1859, and a famous feat of strength and balance that has never been forgotten by tightrope walkers to come.
Since then, other walkers, perhaps, look to this record breaker when taking on new and more dangerous adventures.
Do you think Wublikasimu's try for another record-breaking attempt, or was the third time the charm?
Want to see this dardevil walk in action? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
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First Posted: Aug 01, 2013 03:23 PM EDT
Daredevil Aisikaier Wublikasimu, a 40-year-old Chinese acrobat, had already made it in the Guinness Book of World Records for tightrope-walking at dangerous heights. But twice wasn't enough. He had to take it a step further.
According to the Daily Mail, Wublikasimu tiptoed across a steel beam 108 feet above the ground just two inches wide and 108 ft. long held together by two hot air balloons. And he did the entire walk in only 38.35 seconds! This breaks the Guinness Record, according to the New York Daily News.
The Daily Mail notes that just last July, he almost fell to his death while blindfolded when attempting to walk over a 2,300-foot wire in the Hunan Province. He fell 650-feet during the performance, but miraculously survived.
Jean-Francois Gravelet was the first tightrope walker according to history. Born in 1924, his first crossing was along Niagara Falls in 1859, and a famous feat of strength and balance that has never been forgotten by tightrope walkers to come.
Since then, other walkers, perhaps, look to this record breaker when taking on new and more dangerous adventures.
Do you think Wublikasimu's try for another record-breaking attempt, or was the third time the charm?
Want to see this dardevil walk in action? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone