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Walking the high wire while battling the wind
Updated: 2011-08-08 11:01
(chinadaily.com.cn)
![]() Samit Ijon receives a Guinness record certificate after he successfully finished a walk on a 15-meter long steel rope suspended 30 meters above the ground by two hot air balloons in Shaoyang, Central China's Hunan province, August 7, 2011. [Photo/CFP] |
![]() Samit Ijon shows his Guinness record certificate after he successfully finished a walk on a 15-meter long steel rope suspended 30 meters above the ground by two hot air balloons in Shaoyang, Central China's Hunan province, August 7, 2011. [Photo/CFP] |

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