Ivan Kristoff, known as the Bulgarian
Spider Man intended to climb up
a rope hanging from a hot air
balloon 100m above ground.
The mountainous resort Bansko was filled with much more than just jazz recently, when it hosted the Fourth International Bansko Jazz Fest 2001.

Canadian resident Ivan Kristoff, known as the Bulgarian Spider Man, attempted to set a record for the Guinness Book of World Records. He intended to climb up a rope hanging from a hot air balloon 100m above ground. But weather was not on his side - there was wind, and the balloon could not rise high enough. After three attempts, Kristoff called it quits, and gave autographs to the dozens of children that were hunting down everybody at the fest who seemed to be a celebrity.