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...once, circus hyperbole comes close to fact. At one end of the Gyro-Wheel's arms is a heavy counterweight; at the other is a circular wire-mesh cage 8 ft. in diameter. Bale and his wife Jeanette give the cage a mighty push. As it begins to turn, Bale hops inside, then makes like a hamster in an exercise wheel. As the cage rises, he runs up the inside to help maintain speed. When it reaches the top, Bale backpedals frantically to slow the whooshing descent, reversing again at the bottom to propel himself around the loop once...
...good. Cardiac-arrest time-the moment when some kids in the audience begin to chant "Fall! Fall! Fall!"-comes when Bale climbs outside the cage and does the whole heart-stopping routine standing on top, with nothing between him and a nasty tumble but an exquisite sense of balance. As the cage dives earthward from the peak of its arc some 45 ft. in the air, he is in danger of being tossed by centrifugal force into the cheap seats. Bale often loses balance on the downswing and has to hang on for dear life...
...comparatively tame pursuits never interested Elvin. Even as a child, says his father, "he was always hanging off things." He was-and is-also always dreaming up new things to hang from: the Gyro-Wheel was inspired by a double Ferris wheel he saw in a carnival and the cage toy his son has for his pet hamster. As for his safety, Bale eschews nets but never forgets a cardinal rule: "If you start taking things for granted, you get hurt. It's dangerous not to maintain an edge of fear...
...Sudan by a American explorer, who came across him battling wild mountain lions. Realizing the man's fantastic potential as a professional wrestler, they sent out a party to capture him. Although few in the party survived, the Butcher was captured, and shipped to America in a cage. Many of his opponents wished he had remained therein. Abdullah has been photographed attacking his adversaries with the severed leg of a sheep, with metal pipes he must have ripped out of the walls of stadium lavoratories, and with fruit canning equipment; at one match, angered by the disparaging remarks of fans...
...maintenance of the Briggs Cage should be done without the current use of two gasoline powered tractors, or ventilation should be increased and the work done only early in the morning...