Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe THUN, Switzerland, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A Swiss tightrope walker failed in his quest to set seven world records in seven days when he abandoned his effort to cross Lake Thun on a high wire. Freddy Nock, 46, attempted to cross between Leissigen and the St. Beatus caves on a 2.05-mile tightrope Sunday, but was forced to give up after about 1.2 miles when winds picked up over the lake, the French-language Tribune de Geneve reported Monday. Advertisement Nock previously postponed the walk Saturday when he decided wind speeds were too high. The tightrope walker set four world records during the past week, including one for completing a walk across a cable car line at Germany's Zugspitze mountain to a height of 9,678 feet above sea level. He failed in his attempt to make it seven records in seven days Thursday when weather forced him to postpone his attempt to set the record for the longest bicycle ride on cable.
