A tightrope walker has made a bid for a new world record by scaling the support cables of a mountain cable car in Germany.Freddy Nock climbed up to the summit of the Zugspitze - Germany's highest peak - without a balancing pole.The mountain is 2,962 metres (9,718ft) high.It was the first of a series of record-breaking tightrope walking feats the Swiss man is attempting over the next week.After his successful ascent was cheered by onlookers, Mr Nock admitted he was relieved it was over.He said: "I can not say that I will again attempt such a walk."I have it behind me and I do not want to do it again. Not without a balancing pole."His website said his motto is "making the impossible possible".Mr Nock is reportedly set to submit his ascent without a balancing pole for entry in the Guinness Book of Records
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