This article is a year old now, and I posted lots like it last year before Nik Wallenda walked over Niagara Falls. However since it has been a year now, it is interesting to look back and read again about his preparations for his walk.
From Niagara This Week:
…And if the much-publicized stunt is a success, he’ll also be the first person to cross right over the falls.
A number of daredevils have walked across the gorge further downstream, but no one has gone directly above the falls themselves. It has been more than 100 years since anyone has even attempted a crossing.
Wallenda, from Sarasota, Fla., waged a two-year, cross-border bureaucratic battle to win the right to try…