Chinese tightrope walkers set record

15 September 2012 Last updated at 10:24 ET Help

Chinese tightrope walker Adil Hoshur and two disciples created a new world record on Saturday, for simultaneously walking on a 1,400 metre-long wire.

They completed the wire-walking 350m above the Dehang canyon, in China's central Hunan Province, without any safety nets.

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