David Blaine's Greatest Hits

David Blaine
Tina Fineberg / AP

May 2002, New York
Stands 34 hours atop a 22-in. circular platform 100 feet off the ground in Bryant Park.
Physical Toll: Landed safely on cardboard and blankets after jumping off.
Difficulty: 7
"The hardest thing was sleep deprivation. You start to hallucinate, and I began to see all the buildings behind me as lion's heads."

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