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Day 40 - The hardest challenge
David Blaine has said that Above The Below is the hardest challenge he has ever faced. The illusionist has been using his time in the box to consider previous feats and revising his opinions about their level of difficulty.
Yesterday Blaine said, “I used to think that Buried Alive was so hard that I tattooed it on my arm - ‘7 days and 7 nights’ - to represent what I went through. Now in retrospect I could do that like nothing”.
Blaine went on to say that the recovery time for Buried Alive, in which he spent seven days and nights buried underground in a coffin-sized box, was two days. In stark contrast, when he emerges from the box on Sunday evening, Blaine is expected to spend up to a month in hospital, where he will be gradually reintroduced to food.
Despite the physical suffering Blaine endures, he appears to be in good spirits and has described the “the moments of pleasure” which have helped him stay positive. Blaine cited “the sunrise, the sunset, the rainbows, the smiles, the river, the view” as things that have sustained him. “So even though [Above The Below] is the hardest”, he said, “it’s also the most beautiful”.
Yesterday afternoon Blaine appeared so moved by his experience that he began to weep. But he assured viewers that his were “tears from happiness not sadness”.
Blaine is now in the final week of his endurance challenge. Despite his starvation he has been talking less about food than about showering and brushing his teeth.
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