From the Niagara Falls Review: If Nik Wallenda is allowed to walk over Niagara Falls, then daredevil Peter DeBernardi wants a chance to go over them — again. For those who don’t remember his name, rewind to Sept. 27, 1989. Peter DeBernardi, then 42, and Jeffrey Petkovich, 24, climbed into a home-made barrel at about…
From WHEC Channel 10 in Rochester: Daredevil Nik Wallenda says the world is watching as he moves forward with plans for a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls this summer. Wallenda is scheduled to be in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Friday to meet with a task force of business and tourism officials. State Sen. George Maziarz says…
From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda will train in Niagara County for his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls later this summer. Wallenda, in Albany Thursday to meet with state legislators, told The Buffalo News that he is dropping plans to train for the event on an airport runway in Pittsburgh and instead scouting locations in…
From the Buffalo News: When Nik Wallenda walks an 1,800-foot cable above Niagara Falls this summer, his biggest challenge won’t be the mist or wind in his face – it’ll be the first step of his historic feat. “The first step’s definitely the hardest one,” Wallenda said Tuesday on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel….
From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda, who is planning to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls this summer, will be featured on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” on HBO at 10 p.m. today, State Sen. George Maziarz, R-Newfane, and Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-Lewiston, said Monday. Wallenda will be interviewed about his upcoming walk and will…
From the Buffalo News: Canadian officials this month gave the final green-light to Nik Wallenda’s plan to wire-walk above Niagara Falls—and to turn the region into a worldwide media spectacle this summer. Now, Wallenda and officials on both sides of the border must work to make the grand event happen, and that means figuring out…
From the Buffalo News: It is not so much the danger. It is the scent of desperation. I strongly suspect that Nik Wallenda, of the famous tightrope-walking family, can tip-toe along a high wire strung over Niagara Falls this summer without toppling into the drink. What bothers me about the stunt is the eagerness of…
I’ve been on vacation for the last week and a bit. We didn’t really do anything other than do some work around the house. I saw all the articles about Nik Wallenda, and meant to post some of them, but never got around to it. In case you’ve missed some of them, here is a…
The latest issue of Niagara Life Magazine had an article about some of the people who have gone over the Falls: Niagara Falls, Honeymoon Capital of the World. They say marriages are made in heaven; this is where they test-drive them. For almost a hundred years, men— real men — have come to Niagara Falls…
From Bullet News Niagara: Wirewalker Nik Wallenda headed back home to Florida Thursday night feeling good about his meeting with Niagara Parks Commission officials. Of course, Nik Wallenda is pretty much always feeling good. Through this long process of trying to get permission to walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Gorge near the Horseshoe…