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| US illusionist David Blaine has begun another endurance challenge - hanging upside down for almost three days. | US illusionist David Blaine has begun another endurance challenge - hanging upside down for almost three days. |
| The 35-year-old magician was hoisted by his heels over the Wollmann ice rink in New York on Monday. | The 35-year-old magician was hoisted by his heels over the Wollmann ice rink in New York on Monday. |
| He intends to remain there until late Wednesday, despite doctors' concern about the effect of the stress on his internal organs and blood circulation. | He intends to remain there until late Wednesday, despite doctors' concern about the effect of the stress on his internal organs and blood circulation. |
| Blaine said he was "doing all right" on Monday, though he did admit his head felt like it was "about to explode". | Blaine said he was "doing all right" on Monday, though he did admit his head felt like it was "about to explode". |
| His previous stunts include spending 72 hours encased in ice, seven days underwater and 44 days without food in a glass box. | His previous stunts include spending 72 hours encased in ice, seven days underwater and 44 days without food in a glass box. |
| Blaine is suspended from a four-storey high metal frame, though he can be lowered to speak to fans face to face. | Blaine is suspended from a four-storey high metal frame, though he can be lowered to speak to fans face to face. |
| Catheter | Catheter |
| He is also able to free one leg, using its weight to raise his head to a horizontal position. | He is also able to free one leg, using its weight to raise his head to a horizontal position. |
| For two nights and three days he will neither eat nor sleep, taking liquid through a straw and passing water through a catheter. | |
| Blaine demonstrating how he would hang upside down last week | |
| Asked to compare this current spectacle with his earlier endeavours, the Brooklyn-born performer said this was "the most difficult for sure". | Asked to compare this current spectacle with his earlier endeavours, the Brooklyn-born performer said this was "the most difficult for sure". |
| "The others you could get into them soon after the start," he told an interviewer. "But this one is tough from the get-go." | "The others you could get into them soon after the start," he told an interviewer. "But this one is tough from the get-go." |
| Blaine said he would use "sheer willpower" to complete the challenge - inspired in part by his hero, the legendary escapologist Harry Houdini. | Blaine said he would use "sheer willpower" to complete the challenge - inspired in part by his hero, the legendary escapologist Harry Houdini. |
| He has said he likes to test his endurance "because it gives me a different perspective, for a short duration". |