A daredevil stuntman has scaled a 10,000ft mountain – by creeping up a two-inch thick cable car wire.
Freddy Nock took 90 minutes to edge to the top of the Zugspitze mountain in south Bavaria – without any safety equipment.
Nock, who began his highwire career at the age of 11, said of his 3,000ft long trek: ‘I don’t want to do it again, not without a balancing pole. It was exhausting.’
The Swiss-born tightrope artist now plans to submit his feat to the Guinness Book of Records as the 'longest and highest wire walk above sea level without a balancing pole.'
The stunt was part of a week of challenges Nock will undertake this week to raise money for Unicef.
'Can I get across that in the air? Or cycling with a bicycle across a tightrope over 130 metres at a height of 50 metres. Those are the things I want to do.'
In Febuary, Nock walked down the wire of a cable car line on Switzerland’s Mount Corvatsch - which is 9,908 feet above sea level.
He shuffled along the cable for some 5,249 feet, starting from the mountain station - at an altitude of 10,836 feet - to the middle station, which is 8,865 feet above sea level.
Nock, who used a balancing stick, successfully completed the walk on his second attempt, after bad weather forced him to stop earlier in the day.
He previously performed similar stunts in Germany, staging a climb over the slopes of the country's highest mountain, and walking 900-metres over Lake Zurich.
In August 2009 Nock climbed up the steep cable on the slopes of Germany's highest mountain for charity, scaling the 3,264-foot-long line with only a balancing pole and no nets or safety rope.
During that climb, which took him 50 minutes, Nock gained 1,141 feet in altitude and - in front of 1,800 spectators - finished his climb 9,655 feet above sea level.
He raised $19,000 for a German charity which runs rural developmental projects in Ethiopia.
In our...well, in my case...I don't think it's a case of balls, it's a case of ability. I just can't do...that so no, I don't have the balls to do something that would definitely kill me.
If I could do whatever sort of witchcraft balance that dude does, then I might consider it.
Riddle
08-22-2011 09:16 PM
wow just wow... Balls of steel... Posted via RS Mobile
donjalapeno
08-22-2011 09:18 PM
:fuckthatshit:
ShadowBun
08-22-2011 09:22 PM
how does that dude keep his legs together with balls that big
6insomnia9
08-22-2011 09:30 PM
balls of steel
Mr.C
08-22-2011 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by YellowBun
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how does that dude keep his legs together with balls that big
How did he not fall off with balls that heavy?
anti-vip
08-22-2011 09:39 PM
I'm just worried that his balls will pendulum and fuck up his balance
hotjoint
08-22-2011 09:47 PM
dayam!
q0192837465
08-22-2011 09:48 PM
I'd be scared shitless just being that high off ground
k3mps
08-22-2011 10:40 PM
i thought this was crazy enough before i realized there weren't any safety nets.
then i was like :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:
freakshow
08-22-2011 10:46 PM
we need to change the definition of "ballin'"
chun
08-22-2011 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronin
(Post 7554399)
In our...well, in my case...I don't think it's a case of balls, it's a case of ability. I just can't do...that so no, I don't have the balls to do something that would definitely kill me.
If I could do whatever sort of witchcraft balance that dude does, then I might consider it.
:seriously:
Razor Ramon HG
08-22-2011 11:16 PM
I'm more amazed at how he scaled the 10,000ft (3km).
LenovoTurbo
08-22-2011 11:19 PM
Quite a bit of comments about his balls. :fuckthatshit:
goo3
08-22-2011 11:20 PM
must be those pumas
Wongtouski
08-22-2011 11:37 PM
Wasn't tripping balls until i saw the pic where he was next to the cable car. This is ridiculously impressive.
LsquareD
08-22-2011 11:42 PM
must be the aerodynamic hair
RFlush
08-23-2011 12:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin
(Post 7554399)
In our...well, in my case...I don't think it's a case of balls, it's a case of ability. I just can't do...that so no, I don't have the balls to do something that would definitely kill me.
If I could do whatever sort of witchcraft balance that dude does, then I might consider it.
If you had the ability to make useful posts instead of retarded shit full of non sense and lies, would you consider it? Posted via RS Mobile
Greenstoner
08-23-2011 12:30 AM
must be crazy
sundance1911
08-23-2011 12:32 AM
pointless and waste of time and resources..surely an amazing stunt, and then?