New World Guinness: Lord of Height walks in the air

Askar, 40, from Xinjiang, has set a new world record after walking on a tightrope between two moving balloons at high altitude in Shilin, southwest China’s Yunan province on July 30, 2013. He has set World Guinness records for five times. With the help of a steel beam with a diameter of 50 millimeters Askar covered a distance of 18 meters in the air on the rope. (Photo by Ren Dong/ Chinanews.com)