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Sunday 26 May 2013

Bizarre !! Man with fear of heights sets 185metre highwire record by walking between skyscrapers

epa03716420 The professional slackliner Reinhard Kleindl from Austria walks on a 185 m high rope between two towers of the 'Tower 185' during the skyscraper festival in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 25 May 2013. Several hundred thousand visitors are expected to come to the two-day spectacle. Highlights are spectacular performances in the air and numerous concerts.  EPA/NICOLAS ARMERA man who said he had a fear of heights has reportedly set a new record for ‘urban highlining’, which involved him walking on a rope 185 metres above the ground.
It is probably a surprise to everyone that Reinhard Kleindl apparently holds the world record due to his acrophobia.

 But after walking the precarious line between two tall buildings in Frankfurt, Germany, he definitely deserves some sort of acknowledgement.
The 32-year-old successfully walked across a rope attached to the two sky scrapers, and apparently managed to beat the previous 120metre record set at Paris’ Les Mercuriales twin towers.

‘The effect of the height was worse than I had expected. The straight lines of the building just seem to drop down into infinity,’ said the Austrian.
The daredevil was very pleased with the walk and is said to have shouted with joy once he had finished.



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