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Wind puts stop to high-wire act

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2010-03-22 14:16

The launching ceremony of Tianmen Mountain High Wire activity in Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan province, on March 20,2010. [Photo/CFP]

Two "High Sky Princes" met in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan province, to compete for the limits of high-wire walking but had to withdraw midway because of bad weather, on March 20, 2010.

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Saimaiti Aishan, a young high-wire lover from Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, performed high-splits 500 meters above the ground. Freddy Rock, king of high-wire from Switzerland, walked on the high wire for 200 meters.

The two were planning to walk through 690 meters of high wire with 42-degree slope at 500 meters high, but both failed to complete the walk because of bad weather and the sleekness of the wire.

Crowds at the site were amazed by their performance, and praised them as "Tianmen Mountain Legend Heroes".

Saimaiti takes a rest after slipping from the wire during his performance in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan Province, on March 20, 2010.[Photo/CFP]