Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130824:22:44:00
On a scorching summer day, aisikaier prepares to give a death defying performance that will be broadcast live on television. the location for the stunt? a vast ravine in china extending 2,300 feet across. instead of the wire normally used in his acts, he is challenged to walk the existing cable car wire. slick in areas with oil, positioned 700 feet above the ground. increasing the risk of this feat, aisikaier is walking not only backward, but blindfolded. >> translator: the skill of walking the tight rope backwards and blindfolded, we want to spread it. we want to amaze our audience of dowaze....