Walking the Tight Rope

Did you know the art of tightrope walking has a long history in Korea? 

I didn't.

But according the the Associated Press, just yesterday, professional Chinese rope walker, Yakefujiang Maimitili, won Seoul's second International high wire championship . . . crossing the entire length of the 1 K rope in under just 11 minutes . . all the while hanging over the Seoul River!

Now THAT'S a balancing act!

The Korean art of tightrope walking is called "jultagi" and is combination tightrope walking, play and entertainment.  Jultagi was brought back into the spotlight with Korea's 2005 film, "The King and the Clown".

-Angie in Texas sometimes feels like she's walking a tightrope, but isn't so good at balancing . . .

Comments

[Mary]

Hm.. heard lots about this movie but have yet to seen it.

That's an unusual Chinese name!

[Swan]

Didn't know about that...my dad musta forgot to tell me amongst all the Korea 1sts.

But love the SRV reference.