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  2. Tightrope walking - Wikipedia

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    Tightrope walking, Armenian manuscript, 1688. Tightwire is the skill of maintaining balance while walking along a tensioned wire between two points. It can be done either using a balancing tool (umbrella, fan, balance pole, etc.) or "freehand", using only one's body to maintain balance.

  3. Charles Blondin - Wikipedia

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    Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat.He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.

  4. Maria Spelterini - Wikipedia

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    Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara gorge on a tightrope. Maria Spelterini (sometimes spelled Spelterina and occasionally referred to as Marie, July 7, 1853 – October 19, 1912) was an Italian tightrope walker who was the only woman to cross the Niagara gorge on a tightrope, which she did on July 8, 1876, as part of a celebration of the U.S. Centennial.

  5. Nik Wallenda - Wikipedia

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    Nikolas Wallenda (born January 24, 1979) is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, and is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.

  6. Con Colleano - Wikipedia

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    Con Colleano (born Cornelius Sullivan; 26 December 1899 – 13 November 1973) was an Australian tightrope walker. He was the first person to successfully attempt a forward somersault on a tightrope and became one of the most celebrated and highly paid circus performers of his time. He was known as "The Wizard of the Wire" or "The Toreador of ...

  7. Tightrope walker is latest problem for downtown L.A.'s ... - AOL

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    As last weekend's tightrope walk shows, the site remains penetrable. Mark Tarczynski, a broker who is with the team trying to sell the property as part of bankruptcy proceedings, said the owners ...

  8. Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o' Fun - Wikipedia

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    The player assumes the role of a tightrope walker and must walk across the tightrope while carrying a pole to keep balance, across three levels. Freddy will intervene occasionally, whether flying on his jetpack in an attempt to knock the walker off the rope, or by throwing saw blades at the walker to slice him in half. The blades can be ...

  9. Henri L'Estrange - Wikipedia

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    Henri L'Estrange, known as the Australian Blondin, was an Australian successful funambulist and accident-prone aeronautical balloonist. [1] Modelling himself on the famous French wire-walker Charles Blondin, L'Estrange performed a number of tightrope walks in the 1870s, culminating in three walks across Sydney's Middle Harbour in 1877.