Updated 21 May 2002, 20.06

			Fact File
	Conditions on the pole
		Only a 55cm circular platform to stand on
		He has a hooded top to keep him warm
		He's starved himself for four days
		He'll go to the toilet through a tube
		He has only a small bit of water with him
		He has small metal handles to cling on to
		When he comes down he'll jump onto the boxes below

He is to balance on the 24 metre high flagpole until Thursday morning with only cardboard boxes at the bottom in case he falls.

But before he climbed the pole on Tuesday in front of hundreds of on-lookers, he said he had no worries about it.

He said: "My aim is to overcome my greatest fears and this time I am addressing my fear of heights."

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David Blaine in ice

Blaine, 29, is famous for his incredible tricks. He thrills audiences on the streets with levitation and card tricks.

And recently he was buried in a coffin for seven days and he lived in a giant ice cube in New York's Times Square for over 60 hours!

Blaine's pole stand will be shown in a special programme called David Blaine's Vertigo on Sky One at 9pm on 26 May.

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