Changsha (CNS)--Saimaiti Aishan, a wire-walking performer and nephew of renowned wire-walker, "Prince of the Tightrope" Adili Wuxor, will give a highwire performance on August 6 at Langshan Mountain in Hunan Province, one of central China’s Danxia landscapes.
According to the organizer, Saimaiti will perform at the Lajiaofeng scenic zone, in which a 15- meter-long (50 feet) rope will be attached to two hot air balloons floating at a height of 200 meters (656 feet). He will walk from one balloon to another on the rope.
Wire-walking, or "Dawazi," is a traditional sport of the Uyghurs, an ethnic group native to China's northeastern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The 27-year-old Saimaiti, who has set many tightrope-walking records, is one of the best Dawazi performers in the younger generation.
If Saimaiti succeeds, he will set four wire-walking records, the organizer said.
With his eyes covered, Mike Howard, a British pilot, walked on a 5 meter (19 feet) pole set between two hot air balloons at a height of 1,219 meters (4,000 feet) in 2004. For his own safety, Howard carried a parachute with him.
Saimaiti will not have any such protection on him, the organizer stressed.
"Although it will be my first balloon wire-walking," said the ambitious young performer, "I am confident that I will succeed."
Danxia landforms of China, which were inscribed onto the World Heritage List in 2010, are the general name for the unique type of landscape that formed from red sandstone and is characterized by steep cliffs.
