Dramatic Rescue Of High-Wire Daredevil!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:38 pm

A high-wire artist lost his footing as he attempted to break a world
record by crossing a canyon along a cable hundreds of feet in the air -
with no safety net.

Saimaiti Aijiang would have plunged to an almost certain death had
he not managed to grab the 3.1cm diameter wire - which runs at a 40
degree angle and is used to carry a tourist cable car.

He slipped after making his way two-thirds of the way across the 700
metre gorge in Tianmengshan, China, a popular scenic spot for tourists.

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A climber came to Aijiang's rescue by sliding along the wire and securing him to a harness so he could be lowered to the ground.

As he found his feet, a relieved and shaky Aijiang, his hands cut and
bloody from hanging on the thin wire, broke down in tears and sobbed
into his mother's shoulder at his failure to break the record and his
near-death experience.

'Dawazi' or high-wire walking is a traditional folk stunt with a long history in Xinjiang, China.

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