Tightrope walker conquers Great Wall

Chinese tightrope walker Adili Wuxor walked without safety nets or harnesses for 331 meters above a strip of the Great Wall in Jixian county in Tianjin on Friday.

It was the 42-year-old's first challenge above the Great Wall. He and his apprentices chose the Huangyaguan stretch of the iconic site for the Friday afternoon event.

Donning red cow skin boots, the two each held a 13-kilogram balancing stick that stretched 10 meters. They were otherwise unprotected.