Discovery News has information about the Nik Wallenda walk: This month, high-wire artist Nik Wallenda will make the first attempt at crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope in over 100 years. He will use an 1,800-foot long, two-inch wire that will be strung about 200 feet above the base of the Niagara Gorge.
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: The dramatic beauty of Niagara Falls has long shared its stage with powerful episodes of human drama — from drenching rides on the Maid of the Mist to suicidal jumpers. The stage gets bigger next month, as aerialist Nik Wallenda attempts to become the first person in more than a [...]
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From the Inquisitr: World renown tightrope walker Nik Wallenda will attempt to walk a high-wire over Niagara Falls, making him the first person to do so in more than one-hundred years. He stated during a Wednesday press conference: “This has been a dream for so long, since I was 6 years old.”
From Buffalo Business First: On July 3, 1984, a Czech emigre by the name of Karel Soucek rode in a nine-foot barrel over the cataracts at Niagara Falls, and lived. A few months later, on Jan. 19, 1985, a stunt he was performing in the Houston Astrodome malfunctioned and within a day he was dead, [...]
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From the Buffalo News: After a lifetime of staring down death atop a high-wire, Nik Wallenda on Wednesday faced a different challenge: persuading Canadian officials to let him walk a wire across Niagara Falls. Unlike the high-wire acts that made his family famous, Wallenda won’t know for weeks whether this attempt was a success. Wallenda [...]
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From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Falls publicity stunt was born like this: It was September 1827.A group of hoteliers wanted to make a quick buck. So they sent an old lake schooner, filled with terrified animals, over the brink. The spectacle, as planned, drew thousands. Many of the animals died in the plunge. It’s [...]
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Yesterday I posted a few links to articles about Nik Wallenda and how Governor Cuomo has approved his proposal. If you are interested, here are bunch more links. Note that many of them use material from the Associated Press, but then add in their own comments: Niagara Frontier Publications – Statement from Wallenda and Western [...]
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The articles about Nik Wallenda’s proposal to walk over Niagara Falls on a high-wire keep appearing. Here are some more from the last week or so… Irondequoit Post – Man plans high wire walk over Niagara Falls WIVB Channel 4 – Officials to meet on high-wire walk Macomb Daily – Officials to meet on high-wire [...]
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From the Niagara Gazette: Nik Wallenda’s motto in life is never quit. So when asked Wednesday about remaining opposition to his plan to walk a wire across the Canadian Falls, he said he’s approaching the whole effort as if failure isn’t an option. “My dream actually is to walk right into the middle of that [...]
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