After being tasked with crawling across a tightrope suspended above the ocean, Eden Dally backed out at the final moment and quit during Monday’s SAS Australia. The 29-year-old former Love Island star admitted he was petrified, and told DS (directing staff) Billy Billingham: ‘I don’t think I can do this one. It’s bringing up bad … Read more
Don’t int-erupt! Daredevil friends dodge lava bombs while crossing an active volcano on a tightrope to set a world record Alexander Schulz, 28 and Rafael Bridi, 33, crossed the Yasur volcano crater on Tanna Island, Pacific Ocean The pair set a new Guinness World Record for walking the first slackline above an active volcano, on April … Read more
Roll up, roll up! Clever squirrel walks a tightrope to get his paws on a peanut Rocky the squirrel was determined to claim the peanut dangling from a wire The squirrel tried reaching up and jumping across to the nut in the video Eventually he decided to walk the wire in the garden in New … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK ON THE HIGH WIRE By Philippe Petit (Weidenfeld & Nicholson £9.99, 115pp) When my son ran away to join the circus, I more or less ran away with him. I couldn’t be kept away from the Academy of Circus Arts, the apprentice arm of Zippos. Most weekends, I would cook a … Read more