Mariya Gafitsa, 23, rides a Tyrolean traverse over the Dnipro River in Ukraine, suspended by a cable wire with metal clamps pierced directly into the skin of her back during the attempt to set a national record for the longest distance travelled on a Tyrolean traverse with metal clamps pieced through one’s back, in Kiev yesterday.

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