Adili Wuxor, who has been walking about 19 km a day on the
tightrope strung across the stadium, finished his last performance Friday,
breaking the record for the longest period of mid-air walking. He walked more
than five hours a day for 60 days.
A representative from Guinness World Records presented him
with a certificate at a news conference.
“I’m very lucky to have this opportunity to walk in such an
iconic structure,” Wuxor told The Associated Press.
“It’s not just a record for myself, but also a record for
all Chinese people.” Chinese media have dubbed Wuxor the “prince of tightrope
walking.” Since April, he has lived in a small cabin adjacent to the tightrope,
eating and sleeping there while performing stunts for visitors during the day.
He already holds five Guinness World Records for various tightrope-related
stunts.
The Bird’s Nest was the venue for the opening and closing
ceremonies and the track and field events for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Wuxor, an ethnic Uighur from the far western region of
Xinjiang, says he’s ready to take on a new challenge in October: to walk on a
tightrope from an island off the southern city of Xiamen to the shore.
