Walking On Air

An Uygur tightrope walker spent a long 37 days and nights living on a 100-ft high wire stretched across a dam in Nanjing, China, in May 2005.  Thirty-two-year-old Aisikaier comes from a family of high-wire walkers and had spent 26 days on a wire in 2004, but this time he managed to stay up longer.  He spent his nights in a makeshift shelter attached to the thick wire. To kill time and alleviate the boredom during the day, he performed daring hula-hoop, unicycle, and balancing tricks.  The only contact he had with the world below was via his cell phone, which he used so that he could answer questions about his feat, or talk to fans.