Tightrope Walker Sets World Record By Completing 150m-High Stunt Backwards And Blindfolded

A Chinese stuntman wrote himself into the record books for the seventh time by walking backwards between two buildings on a tightrope 150 meters above the ground.

Hundreds gathered to watch Aisikaier Wubulikasimu, 41, perform his nail-biting stunt in Kunming in south-west China.

He began with a few practice runs without the blindfold along the 100 meter rope suspended between two buildings.

He then put his hood on and inched along the 3cm wide rope while carrying a 10kg pole for balance.

Crowds who were watching with bated breath below erupted with applause as he completed the walk in a record-breaking 15 minutes.

Aisikaier comes from a sixth-generation tightrope walking family who are all Uyghurs, an ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia.

He has already featured in the Guinness Book of World Records six times for tightrope walking stunts, including the fastest tightrope walk over 100 meters in 2009, the steepest tightrope walk in 2011, and then by finishing a high-wire walk between two hot-air balloons in 38.35 seconds.

Following the stunt, he said: ‘I admit that I did feel under pressure to complete the walk, especially after my failed attempt at this record in 2012.’