Don't Break the Ice, David Blaine

Brooklyn's leading magician David Blaine will live in the great outdoors of New York once again in just a few weeks for his next major public stunt, walking upside-down above Wollman Rink for three days. Blaine will perform the "Dive of Death" starting on the morning of September 22 as passers-by in Central Park will be able to see him as he hangs upside-down like a bat while connected to a wire via magnetic boots. He will not eat during his sixty hours on the wire and plans to sleep-upside down as well. This will all culminate in a two-hour special to air on ABC on the 24th. How he will get down remains--like the man himself--wrapped in mystery. The stunt will be less than a mile from Lincoln Center where in 2006 Gothamist visited the "Mysterious Stranger" while he lived in a bubble for a week.

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By Billy Parker in News on August 25, 2008 5:07 PM

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robingee

Don't you die from being upside down or a long time?

NannyState

How rancid is that "bubble" when he finally gets removed from it? Just asking.

amsci

#8 - To be fair, Blaine did have that Street Magic show for a while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Don't any magicians do magic any more?

Was Evel Knievel really a magician too and the world just failed to recognize it all this time?

The Edge

#6- No, not really.

westernqueensland

Ya know, when I see him on TV, while I am impressed, he's just glitz with a humble mien. But when he does his NYC schtick I realize that the spirit of Barnum, Houdini, Wrigley and other great hucksters. He's a (long-held) breath of fresh air.