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I said please notify me once i reach the middle part so i can turn and walk forward. they agreed. my plan was simple at the time. when the performance started, they changed their mind. they think that when you turn around, it announces your failure. what they said put a lot of pressure on me. i don't want to fail. >> tasked with walking the entire length backward and blindfolded on the cable wire that is just over one inch in diameter, aisikaier begins to feel the effects of the more than 100 degree searing heat. >> translator: because it was very hot at the time, my hips were burning. breathi...

Slowly. i saw that he was not well at all. we dragged him up step by step. we asked him, how are you. he answered i'm okay. i'm okay. don't worry. all of us were very happy when we saw him sitting there. we knew that he's fine now. it was only scratches. we were all very happy. >> aisikaier's injuries are more than physical. in the days after the fall, aisikaier's confidence as a high-wire performer is rattled. but his trepidation doesn't last long. >> translator: i was still upset after i got back. so i tried out walking the tight rope. and then i was assured. i started giving performances ag...

Middle 200 meters where there's water beneath. i said, please notify me once i reach the middle part so i can turn and walk forward. they agreed. my plan was simple at the time. when the performance started, they changed their mind. they think that when you turn around, it announces your failure. what they said put a lot of pressure on me. i don't want to fail. >> tasked with walking the entire length backward and blindfolded on the cable wire that is just over one inch in diameter, aisikaier begins to feel the effects of the more than 100 degree searing heat. >> translator: because it was ver...

To regain his composure. aisikaier stands and begins walking backward again. he continues to gain distance one step at a time across the ravine. maintaining balance is a challenge as the existing stabilizing wires on the cable car line are spaced farther apart than aisikaier is used to. after he's been walking for an astonishing 50 minutes with less than 150 feet to go, wind blows him off balance and this time calamity. >> translator: the wind came. my balance pole was like -- i stumbled and my balance was almost vertical. i touched and it was wire but it was oily. i lost my hold.

A high-wire performer takes on a challenge at staggering heights. that may be too daunting even more him. 41-year-old aisikaier is a sixth generation performer. a master in the ancient chinese art of high-wire walking known as dowaze. he started training at the age of six and performs across his native china without a safety harness. >> translator: it's not exciting if you put on a safety belt. no dowaze performer would use any safety insurance methods.