Wind puts stop to high-wire act

Saimaiti takes a rest after slipping from the wire during his performance in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan Province, on March 20, 2010. [CFP]

Freddy Rock walks along a wire at 500 meters high on a 42-degree slope during his performance in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan Province, on March 20, 2010. [CFP]

Saimaiti does the splits on the 500-meter high wire, smiling and waving to the crowd below during his performance in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan Province, on March 20, 2010. [CFP]

Saimaiti waits to be taken down midway through his high-wire act in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan Province, on March 20, 2010. [CFP]

Two high-wire performers give their thumbs up to praise each other's courage in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan Province, on March 20, 2010. [CFP]

Two "High Sky Princes" met in Tianmen Mountain, Zhang Jiajie city, in central China's Hunan province, to compete for the limits of high-wire walking but had to withdraw midway because of bad weather, on March 20, 2010.

Saimaiti Aishan, a young high-wire lover from Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, performed high-splits 500 meters above the ground. Freddy Rock, king of high-wire from Switzerland, walked on the high wire for 200 meters.

The two were planning to walk through 690 meters of high wire with 42-degree slope at 500 meters high, but both failed to complete the walk because of bad weather and the sleekness of the wire.

Crowds at the site were amazed by their performance, and praised them as "Tianmen Mountain Legend Heroes".