Aerialist Nik Wallenda Attempts To Cross Niagara Falls On A Tightrope
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[Daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls, taking steady, measured steps June 15, 2012 for 1,800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of the roaring falls separating the U.S. and Canada.
[I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now], an exuberant Wallenda told reporters after accomplishing what he said was his childhood dream before an estimated 112,000 people crowding the shores of both countries and millions more who watched a live television broadcast.
He described wind [coming from every which way], mist so powerful he had to blink it away to maintain his vision and a breathtaking view during the nighttime walk illuminated by spotlights that [compared to nothing].
[There was no way to focus on the movement of the cable], said Wallenda, 33. [If I looked down at the cable there was water moving everywhere. And if I looked up there was heavy mist blowing in front of my face. So it was a very unique, a weird sensation].
He said he accomplished the feat through [a lot of praying, that's for sure. But, you know, it's all about the concentration, the focus, and the training].
The seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas had long dreamed of pulling off the stunt, never before attempted. Other daredevils have wire-walked over the Niagara River but farther downstream and not since 1896.
[This is what dreams are made of, people], said Wallenda, who wore a microphone for the broadcast, shortly after he stepped off from a platform on the American shore]. – TBO.com (Photo by John Moore/David Duprey/AP Photo)
[I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now], an exuberant Wallenda told reporters after accomplishing what he said was his childhood dream before an estimated 112,000 people crowding the shores of both countries and millions more who watched a live television broadcast.
He described wind [coming from every which way], mist so powerful he had to blink it away to maintain his vision and a breathtaking view during the nighttime walk illuminated by spotlights that [compared to nothing].
[There was no way to focus on the movement of the cable], said Wallenda, 33. [If I looked down at the cable there was water moving everywhere. And if I looked up there was heavy mist blowing in front of my face. So it was a very unique, a weird sensation].
He said he accomplished the feat through [a lot of praying, that's for sure. But, you know, it's all about the concentration, the focus, and the training].
The seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas had long dreamed of pulling off the stunt, never before attempted. Other daredevils have wire-walked over the Niagara River but farther downstream and not since 1896.
[This is what dreams are made of, people], said Wallenda, who wore a microphone for the broadcast, shortly after he stepped off from a platform on the American shore]. – TBO.com (Photo by John Moore/David Duprey/AP Photo)
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