Laszlo Simet Jr walked about 300 meters on a wire rope with a diameter of 22 mm, stretched to a height of 40 meters.
World famous acrobat tightrope walker Laszlo Simet Jr. became the first to cross the Danube River on a tightrope without insurance. This was reported yesterday by the Hungarian edition of Index.
It is indicated that Simet Jr. crossed the Danube from one bank to another in Budapest, walking about 300 meters along a wire rope with a diameter of 22 mm, stretched to a height of 40 meters. It took him about 20 minutes to do this.
Later, the acrobat himself said that he was worried about the weather, because on the day he was supposed to walk the tightrope, rain was predicted.
“The performance, which was the decoration of the opening ceremony of the 10th International Theater Olympiad, was an unprecedented success, as no acrobat had ever crossed the Danube on a tight rope,” the newspaper wrote.
Simet Jr.’s presentation was also held. on the 150th anniversary of the founding of Budapest and World Circus Day.
Szenzació: 40 meter magasan, biztosítás nélkén setalt át a Duna höllti kötélpálán ifj. Simet Laszlo!
A leélzetelállító produktioníót ezrek hélísték a Dunaparton, ami together with the International Színházi Olimpia opúríója is volt. pic.twitter.com/fALrskjos9— M1 (@M1Hirado) April 16, 2023
Earlier in the Hungarian city of Debretz, an acrobat walked on a moving Ferris wheel, with a height of 45 meters. Who he is is unknown.
It was also reported that in Russia the fall of a tightrope walker from a height in a circus was captured on video.
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