March 15, 200422 yr A CHINESE acrobat plans to spend 27 days on a tightrope in order to make it into the Guinness Book of Records. Aisikaier, who has only one name, is performing unicycle and balancing tricks to kill time while on the wire, stretched across a dam in southwestern Sichuan province, the Beijing Today newspaper said. The 32-year-old member of China's Turkic-speaking Uighur minority is spending the nights in a makeshift shelter attached to the wire, according to the paper. It did not say when he began his record bid. He reportedly performed a similar stunt last year, living on a tightrope for 26 days, but he failed to have any official witnesses to the feat and it was not recognised, the paper said. If successful this time around, Aisikaier will have beaten the current world record, which is for 25 days on a wire, set by Ahdil, another Chinese Uighu
March 15, 200422 yr Thank God we still have challenges before us To show my support for his efforts I will drink coffee every morning until I am wired.
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