Taking on Niagara Falls on tightrope

From Stuff.co.nz: Nik Wallenda can’t visit a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head: Linking buildings, landmarks, nations. Even as a 6-year-old at Niagara Falls with his parents, he pictured walking a tightrope over the raging, whitewater maw. Now 33, the seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas, is ready to…

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Kids Draw the News – Nik Wallenda’s Big Night

From the New York Times (including some kids’ drawings): The Kids Draw the News assignment to do a drawing about Nik Wallenda’s plan to cross high above Niagara Falls on a tightrope Friday night drew a bunch of lovely submissions. Some of them are in the slide show above.

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Ok, here we go… a few days of catching up

Once again I apologize for dropping off the face of the earth after the Nik Wallenda walk. It’s not that there wasn’t anything to write about. It’s that the Tuesday before the walk we got the keys to our new house, and we’ve been busy for a few weeks and things are finally settling down….

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Twitter updates for 2012-07-05

@adamwhite I did see that one other person was checked in. Was that you? in reply to adamwhite # My son must be having a bad day! Third time's the charm (being pooped on) at @BirdKingdom . Don't let it scare you off folks… it's great! # My son got pooped on again, this time…

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Twitter updates for 2012-07-02

I love this ride!! (@ Kandu's Twister @ Marineland) http://t.co/Jib1eEBv # My two sons are going on this with my sister (their Aunt) (@ Magic Experience @ Marineland) [pic]: http://t.co/1lxzyFrz # The crowd loves it 🙂 (@ King Waldorf's Stadium Show) [pic]: http://t.co/fXGRLEAl # These deer msut be thinking "Man it's hot today!" (@ Deer…

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