By . Kerry Mcqueeney . UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 24 April 2012 . It's a fine line between life and death. And this was no more apparent when daredevil 'slackline' walker Dean Potter wobbled his way across one of China's largest canyons - without a safety net. Thrill-seeker Potter shuffled his way across Enshi Grand Canyon, in central China's Hubei province, balancing precariously on a rope just two centimetres thick almost 6,000 feet - or 1,800 metres - above sea level. The specially-designed rope is known as a 'slackline' and is considered to be more challenging than a conventional tightrope as the line is not . completely taut, therefore susceptible to bouncing and stretching. Scroll down for video . Thrill-seeker: Dean Potter walks over the Enshi Grand Canyon on a two centimetre-wide slackline... with no safety net . Wobble: Potter sways and staggers across the slackline, barefoot and . wearing a bright orange t-shirt, a cap - with the aid of a pair of . headphones . Halfway there: Potter successfully completed the slackline walk in under three minutes . Spectacle: Onlookers watch as the daredevil carries out his death-defying stunt at 6,000-feet above sea level . Onlookers watched from the ground in awe and wonder as Potter crossed the distance of 40 metres - or just over 130 feet - in under three minutes, swaying and staggering in a bid to keep his balance. As he neared the end of the line the daredevil - who was dressed in a bright orange t-shirt and wore headphone - broke into a bound and completed the line in a few daring leaps. He kissed the ground once he had made it safely across the canyon. The Enshi Grand Canyon is not the only natural wonder conquered by Potter, a 40-year-old from New Hampshire in the U.S. The 'slackline' is considered to be more challenging than a conventional tightrope as the line is not completely taut, therefore susceptible to bouncing and stretching . Balancing act: Potter draws gasps as he totters across the line, but incredibly he regains his stability . On solid ground: Potter kisses the rocks as he safely makes it across . the canyon... before triumphantly throwing his hands in the air in a victorious . gesture to the crowd . End of the line: Potter surveys the incredible heights and landscape of the canyon following his daring walk . The slackline walker - who is also a rock climber - has also carried out death-defying stunts at Yosemite National Park. From clinging to the edge of cliffs with no safety rope to delicately perching on an inch-thick highline 2,600ft above Yosemite falls, Potter pushed himself to the limit to conquer incredible heights last year. Potter has previously said about his stunts: 'When I'm on the high line it feels like I'm hovering in space. 'I . know it's insane to think I could fly but to make it possible you truly . have to believe in it - to go to a place that's not accepted. Sky walker: Potter, who is also a rock climber, has previously said he feels like he's 'hovering in space' when balancing on a high line . Extreme sports: Potter is no stranger to danger - he has also performed similar stunts at Yosemite National Park . 'I don't have thoughts of an afterlife. I think dying is like when you swat a fly - it's over. 'I'm . addicted to the heightened awareness I get when there's a death . consequence. My vision is sharper and I'm more sensitive to sounds, my . sense of balance and the beauty all around me. 'A . lot of my creativity comes from this nearly insane obsession. Something . sparkles in my mind and then nothing else in life matters.' VIDEO: Dean Potter slackwalks across Enshi Grand Canyon in China .
Slackline walker conquers Enshi Grand Canyon in central China's Hubei province .
Thrill-seeker kissed the ground when he safely reached the other side of the canyon .
By . Kerry Mcqueeney . UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 24 April 2012 . It's a fine line between life and death. And this was no more apparent when daredevil 'slackline' walker Dean Potter wobbled his way across one of China's largest canyons - without a safety net. Thrill-seeker Potter shuffled his way across Enshi Grand Canyon, in central China's Hubei province, balancing precariously on a rope just two centimetres thick almost 6,000 feet - or 1,800 metres - above sea level. The specially-designed rope is known as a 'slackline' and is considered to be more challenging than a conventional tightrope as the line is not . completely taut, therefore susceptible to bouncing and stretching. Scroll down for video . Thrill-seeker: Dean Potter walks over the Enshi Grand Canyon on a two centimetre-wide slackline... with no safety net . Wobble: Potter sways and staggers across the slackline, barefoot and . wearing a bright orange t-shirt, a cap - with the aid of a pair of . headphones . Halfway there: Potter successfully completed the slackline walk in under three minutes . Spectacle: Onlookers watch as the daredevil carries out his death-defying stunt at 6,000-feet above sea level . Onlookers watched from the ground in awe and wonder as Potter crossed the distance of 40 metres - or just over 130 feet - in under three minutes, swaying and staggering in a bid to keep his balance. As he neared the end of the line the daredevil - who was dressed in a bright orange t-shirt and wore headphone - broke into a bound and completed the line in a few daring leaps. He kissed the ground once he had made it safely across the canyon. The Enshi Grand Canyon is not the only natural wonder conquered by Potter, a 40-year-old from New Hampshire in the U.S. The 'slackline' is considered to be more challenging than a conventional tightrope as the line is not completely taut, therefore susceptible to bouncing and stretching . Balancing act: Potter draws gasps as he totters across the line, but incredibly he regains his stability . On solid ground: Potter kisses the rocks as he safely makes it across . the canyon... before triumphantly throwing his hands in the air in a victorious . gesture to the crowd . End of the line: Potter surveys the incredible heights and landscape of the canyon following his daring walk . The slackline walker - who is also a rock climber - has also carried out death-defying stunts at Yosemite National Park. From clinging to the edge of cliffs with no safety rope to delicately perching on an inch-thick highline 2,600ft above Yosemite falls, Potter pushed himself to the limit to conquer incredible heights last year. Potter has previously said about his stunts: 'When I'm on the high line it feels like I'm hovering in space. 'I . know it's insane to think I could fly but to make it possible you truly . have to believe in it - to go to a place that's not accepted. Sky walker: Potter, who is also a rock climber, has previously said he feels like he's 'hovering in space' when balancing on a high line . Extreme sports: Potter is no stranger to danger - he has also performed similar stunts at Yosemite National Park . 'I don't have thoughts of an afterlife. I think dying is like when you swat a fly - it's over. 'I'm . addicted to the heightened awareness I get when there's a death . consequence. My vision is sharper and I'm more sensitive to sounds, my . sense of balance and the beauty all around me. 'A . lot of my creativity comes from this nearly insane obsession. Something . sparkles in my mind and then nothing else in life matters.' VIDEO: Dean Potter slackwalks across Enshi Grand Canyon in China .
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