Some Wallenda posts today

I know I’m behind, but I still wanted to post some articles about Nik Wallenda and his attempts to get approval to walk on a wire over Niagara Falls. The rest of the posts today and at least one tomorrow will be on his recent trip to Niagara Falls Ontario to present to the Niagara…

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Getaway Guy: Goat Island Getaway

The Getaway Guy from cable Channel 9 YNN in Rochester had a piece (including a video) about Goat Island: Goat Island may be the best place to see the falls in Niagara Falls, USA. The island is surrounded by the mighty Niagara, the bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. In fact you are so…

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Maid of the Mist Captain retires after 36 years

From the Niagara Falls Review: His first time out, Malcolm Bunting kept thinking that it goes against all common sense and seamanship to go toward a waterfall of that size. He did it anyway. That was 36 years ago. The giant waterfall was the Horseshoe Falls and his job was with the Maid of the…

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Clifton Hill – “The Most Fun by the Falls!”

A photographer with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: After shooting more pictures of both the American Falls and Horseshoes Falls then I would ever need but seemingly unable to stop taking “just one more” shot of the beautifully illuminated falls, I finally convinced myself that enough was enough and…

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I’ll do it again: Munday

From Niagara This Week: Dave Munday is no daredevil. Though he has parachuted from an airplane more than 1,000 times and has gone over the roaring Canadian Horseshoe Falls in a barrel — twice — the Caistor Centre native doesn’t like to be referred to by that term. “It really wasn’t much of a big…

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Choose safety over a pretty picture

From the Toronto Sun: Why do people think it’s safe for their children to lean over the railing and tempt the Horseshoe Falls? Just because it’s a great picture? Just steps from where a teen went over Sunday, a little girl of 2 1/2 leaned over the edge of the falls Tuesday and laughed as…

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Two sides of Niagara Falls

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Are you going to the Canadian side? You must go to the Canadian side — it’s much better! Just about every time I mentioned that my family and I were planning a trip to Niagara Falls, that was the response. I was taken aback because I’d always thought of Niagara…

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Wallenda makes pitch to Canadians

From the Tonawanda News: After his first meeting with officials on the Canadian side of the Niagara River on Thursday, Nik Wallenda was careful to walk a fine line of cautious optimism despite the fact the Niagara Parks Commission outright opposes his idea to cross the Horseshoe Falls on a wire. “I’m very positive no…

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Canadian highwire walker still hopes to conquer falls; says Wallenda’s bid won’t come easy

From the Niagara Falls Review: A renowned Canadian highwire walker who has been trying unsuccessfully for decades to walk over Niagara Falls said Nik Wallenda’s proposal to cross the Horseshoe Falls next year will have to be cleared by an “onslaught” of government officials on both sides of the border if it’s going to happen….

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Should experienced high-wire walker be allowed to cross the falls?

From the Niagara Falls Review: Since he was a boy Nik Wallenda has dreamed of walking over Niagara Falls on a tightrope. “It’s just something I’ve wanted to do my entire life,” said Wallenda, 32, a U.S.-based highwire walker who hopes to do a 2,200-foot crossing of the Niagara River Gorge and Horseshoe Falls next…

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