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.
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: The crew that put up Nik Wallenda’s practice cable outside the Seneca Niagara Casino two weeks ago spent most of Wednesday dismantling it. Now that same crew looks forward to rigging a similar cable -twice as long – across the Niagara Gorge a few days before Wallenda’s scheduled crossing…
From the New York Times: The Maid of the Mist tour boats have plied the roiling waters of the Niagara Gorge since the 1840s, taking tens of millions of visitors, including the future King Edward VII (1860), Marilyn Monroe (1952) and Mikhail Gorbachev (1983), past the American Falls to the base of the Horseshoe Falls,…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (including a video): Aerialist Nik Wallenda is expected to begin practicing in Niagara Falls, for his 1,800-foot journey across the Niagara gorge, around May 13th. On Internet radio, Wallenda mentioned that practice could be held at the Seneca Niagara Casino.
From the Buffalo News: The date for Nik Wallenda’s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls will be decided in the next two weeks after negotiations with major television networks, Wallenda’s manager said Friday. Wallenda’s management team is in “very deep discussions” with the networks, which have expressed interest in filming the 1,800-foot walk across the Niagara…
From the Buffalo News: When a San Francisco company begins operating boat tours in Niagara Falls, Ont., in 2014, it won’t be with the iconic Maid of the Mist name. And if Hornblower Cruises & Events gets its way, it will be the only tour boat operator in the Niagara Gorge. “We’re not anxious to…
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…
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…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Nik Wallenda, the American aerialist who wants to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope, will meet with officials from the Niagara Parks Commission this week. NPC chairwoman Janice Thomson told The Review on Monday that a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday between Wallenda and NPC senior staff….
From the Niagara Falls Review: There are people on both sides of the Nik Wallenda fence, but everyone now seems to agree that it’s an international walk or no walk at all. Wallenda, the American aerialist who has proposed walking across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope, is now waiting for a second meeting with…