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Close Call! Tightrope Walker Nearly Falls While Attempting to Cross Wire 300 Feet in the Air
- Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:26pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Do you have any dangerous hobbies? Motorcycling, mountain climbing, maybe deep sea diving?
This video from ITN News shows a tightrope walker in China falling while attempting to cross a wire suspended 300 feet in the air between two hot air balloons…with no net:
Luckily he hangs on!
Strong winds left Saimaiti Aishan dramatically clinging on to the 15m-long steel wire in front of stunned onlookers in China’s Hunan Province.
The wire was attached to two hot air balloons – which were affected by the wind force and direction.
After successfully walking across the wire at 30m in just five minutes, Saimaiti took on the 100m challenge.
But the balloons slowly fell down to the ground and Saimaiti Aishan failed the challenge.
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Comments (47)
Bushie
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 1:18pmThe only way he could have fallen was to cut the line that was preventing him from a real fall.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 12:07pmDon’t think it was a staged fall, but he gets disqualified anyway for using a wussie-rope,,
Report Post »Sgt_Andy
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:10amThe Wallenda family is still performing without a net or safety lines. This is just a stunt, including the “fall” for dramatic effect. He never really was at risk. Cheesy.
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:48amReminds me a bit of our current situation. Always good to have a safety wire. (savings, food, ammo)
Report Post »Konacow
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:21amWhat they didn’t show was him emptying his pants out afterwards, I sure the load was big !!!
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:35amHave you ever seen the cat in the fan video, now that’s entertainment!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:32amOh, please! He is ATTACHED to the line…he wasn’t gonna fall. You know that Blaze, or you should.
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 7:17amIt’s FAKE.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:30amGrandpa always said, “Gravity is your ultimate enemy.”
Report Post »He suffocated to death under grandma, after she had a massive coronary, while making love to her husband of 66 years.
ying
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 2:52amEach and every person in China is FORCED to do their line of work, even this guy. He was TOLD he would be a tight-rope walker. LOL, no wonder why the Chinese are always trying to escape that country!
Report Post »Epic Fail
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:57pmHe has a freakin safety line. He was never in danger!
Report Post »p00gles
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 12:30amWell I’m sure that safety line was made in china right, most of us know the quality of their products =).
Report Post »On another note, I actually just got done watching “Man On Wire” last night lol.
Biff Marupis
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 12:33amWow…I didn’t even notice that until you mentioned it and I went back and watched it again….funny how the mind works…or doesn’t!
Report Post »GiveUsJustice
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 12:21pm“Well I’m sure that safety line was made in china right, most of us know the quality of their products =).”
The same country 90% of your house products are probably made from? Yeah, they really suck huh.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:55pmI made a reply to GLENN, after I made a comment GLENN’s comment got removed
Now my reply to GLENN got removed, the censor is in a bad mood tonight, well he did have to work on a Sunday.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:54pmIf I were him, I wouldn’t quit my day job!
Report Post »Affirmative Blaction
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 1:25amBut his day job is making tight ropes in a factory.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:47pmThat’s kinda how our govt. been handling our economy lately
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:18pmDean Potter without a safety line tightrope walking 3 or 4 thousand feet above Yosemite valley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8ImFWx1ac
Report Post »woodypynes
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 1:06amStupid is as stupid does. More power to him, though.
Report Post »grantfamily
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:06pmSafety wire or no safety wire i would bet nobody here could do that… not that anybody here would want to do that or even prove they could do that. What would have made the event more humorous (if this could ever be the case with somebody dangling 100 meters in the air would have been if two birds landed on his balance pole right before he fell.
Hats off to him. He’s got some large pair if I may say so.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:32amI could fall off easy too…no problem.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:57pmHe dropped the balance pole. Where did he get another pole to finish the walk?
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:07pmHe pulled a spare pole out of his pocket. Or, possibly from someone in one of the balloons? Maybe the second pole was photoshopped. Wait..the second pole came from the grassy knoll!
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:57pmAl Gore was there and he sent a ‘Pol’ar Bear up the side w/ a new pole from ‘Pol’and, it was all very ‘pol’itical of course but since it was ‘pol’arized he was able to pole vault up a new pole that had not been polluted from all the poultry who of course are very polite.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:34amMaybe it isn’t a pole! Breaking Asian stereotypes…
Happy to see me, or is that a balancing pole in your pocket?
Report Post »letsbefrank
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:58amLooks staged to me! Strapped to the line and had a second pole handy? hmmm.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:43amThanks for the replies…but I found the answer…Hi got the pole from a pole vault.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:55pmNever would I even consider doing this; those who have the guts and ability to do so, hats off to you.
Report Post »http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk gallery)
SirFlannel
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:53pmPappa Wallenda said “Life is on the wire, the rest is just waiting”… he died… know how? HE FELL OFF THE WIRE! Gravity is ALWAYS on… you just have to be off once.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 11:18pmWell said.
Report Post »Colt45acp
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:48pmDoes the fall count with the safety cord?
Report Post »ThirtyEightWinks
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 1:02amIt looks like he caught the wire himself, never dangling from the safety wire, so I’d count it good. I’m glad he had a safety wire, I don’t need to see the video of him crashing to the ground. But even so, even though he fell off, he caught the wire and got himself back up, I count that as a success!
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:42pmWhat the…Oh, forget it.
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:37pmThanks to the Blaze for fixing the comments section in my account!
I hope some of these entertainment folks will get some stranger sense of survival to take over and tone down their endorphin addictions. Some of these guys scare me, what they are willing to risk their lives for. God bless and keep them safe!
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:42pmOOPS! “Stronger” – not “Stranger” sense…
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:43pmSweety this is just a shot in the dark, but you don’t live in North London do you ?
Just kidding baby, relax
Report Post »Pyx
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:36pmIts a predictable part of the act.
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:36pmI suppose he got down-graded.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:34pmThis story would have been a lot more exciting if the China man didn’t have a safety wire, oh well our loss : (
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 1:12amBoring……….. my cat is more interesting. She doesn’t use a safety line
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:31pmAre you nuts?
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