He ended his trapeze act by sitting on the trapeze, swinging it up to its highest point, then diving forward into space with a yell—with no net underneath—throwing his legs back just in time to catch the middle of the bar on the descent with his Achilles’ heels and swing back, hanging by his Achilles’ heels.
He ended his trapeze act by sitting on the trapeze, then pulling it up to its highest point. Next, he leaped forward into space with a yell—without any net beneath him—and caught the middle of the bar during descent using his Achilles’ heels and swinging back, hanging there.