Ultimate stuntmaster and magic man David Blaine will be performing his latest feat live on Oprah today. He's already been buried alive for a week and frozen on a block of ice, so what's he got up his sleeve now? Blaine is going to attempt to break the world record for holding his breath, which was set on Feb 10th in Switzerland clocking in a 16 minutes, 32 seconds, reports The Associated Press. "'When you commit to it and there's people watching, you kind of have to stick to it. You can't back out, you can't fade away and you can't cheat,' he said. 'If I was doing it alone, I'd probably be off sneaking out of the box in London or grabbing some food," he said with a laugh, speaking in a conference room in a Harpo Productions building a couple blocks from Winfrey's television studio. Blaine, 35, will be attempting his latest stunt in a water-filled sphere, dubbed a 'human aquarium' by his team, that's 8 feet in diameter. He'll try to remain perfectly still, relax and lower his heart rate to minimize oxygen consumption.
So what do you think? Is Blaine just plain bonkers? Or are his stunts actually daring and cool? Check out his biography here to learn more.
