Watch | Thrill-seekers race across wire suspended between mountains

Updated on Apr 14, 2016 07:00 pm IST

Video released by the Chinese tourism company Wulong Scenic Area shows a trio of tightrope walkers as they prepared for a tightrope race in the mountains in China.The video features the competitors Freddy Nock from Switzerland, Esqer from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China and Maurizio Zavatta from Italy as they familiarised themselves with the wires which were set up 984 ft and 1148 ft above the ground the day before the race on March 30, 2016.

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