Paradise Island, The Bahamas - Suspended more than 26 stories above the ground, seventh-generation high-wire artist Nik Wallenda rode a bike nearly between two towers of the Atlantis Resort, setting a new Guinness World Record for highest bicycle ride without a safety net.

Last Saturday, Wallenda traveled by bike more than 100 feet from the West to East Towers at Atlantis while suspended 260 feet. It was more than 100 feet higher than his previous World Record set in 2008 at 135 feet high from the roof of the Prudential Building in Newark, New Jersey.

In addition to his record-breaking bike ride, Wallenda set a personal record by walking just under 2,000 feet from the West Tower to The Cove Atlantis at an unbelievable and terrifying height of 250 feet above Aquaventure, the non-stop water experience, containing 7 million gallons of water and thrilling water slides. Nik called it, ‘the longest walk of his life’.

This particular attempt for the King of the High Wire was not without its challenges as Wallenda’s father, a former tight rope walker himself, suffered from heat exhaustion while rigging the wire for his son’s ambitious walk and was not able to witness his son’s brave attempt.

In addition to his record-breaking bike ride, Wallenda set a personal record by walking just under 2,000 feet from the West Tower to The Cove Atlantis at an unbelievable and terrifying height of 250 feet above Aquaventure, the non-stop water experience, containing 7 million gallons of water and thrilling water slides. Nik called it, ‘the longest walk of his life’.

This particular attempt for the King of the High Wire was not without its challenges as Wallenda’s father, a former tight rope walker himself, suffered from heat exhaustion while rigging the wire for his son’s ambitious walk and was not able to witness his son’s brave attempt.

Even rain and the threat of lightening didn’t seem to phase the brave King of the High Wire whose feats were well documented by the Discovery Channel and are set to air at a later date.

The large crowd gasped as Nik, once again without a safety net and without any safety harnesses, slowly made the magnificent trek between two of the property’s most iconic buildings. With what seemed like a sense of pure calm and delight, he paced himself in a feat that took less than 20 minutes.

After completing the walk, some of it on an incline, Nik talked about the experience. He said it was actually the first time he’d completed a walk without his father, who is his Chief Rigger, present.

The Wallenda’s have been impressing crowds with their dizzying antics for more than 200 years. In 1780, the ancestral Wallenda family traveled as a circus troupe of acrobats, jugglers, clowns, aerialists and animal trainers.