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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. Nik Wallenda - Wikipedia

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    Nik Wallenda waves to the crowd at his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls in 2012. On February 15, 2012, Nik Wallenda received official approval from Ontario's Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls, a dream he had had since he was a child.

  4. Philippe Petit - Wikipedia

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    Philippe Petit (French pronunciation: [filip pəti]; born 13 August 1949) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City in August 1974.

  5. 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.

  6. Skywire Live - Wikipedia

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    On June 23, he successfully completed the walk without safety devices in approximately 23 minutes, making him the first person to tightrope walk across a Grand Canyon area gorge. At 1,500 feet (460 m), it was the highest walk of his career. Afterwards, Wallenda said it was more difficult than he had expected.

  7. List of entertainers who died during a performance - Wikipedia

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    Karl Wallenda died when he lost his balance and fell to his death while tightrope walking on a wire that was suspended 123 feet (37 m) in the air between two buildings in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [26] Cuban singer Miguelito Valdés (Mr Babalú) suffered a fatal heart attack while singing at Hotel Tequendama, Bogotá, Colombia, 8 November 1978.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Jultagi - Wikipedia

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    It is different from the tightrope-walking styles of other countries, because it is usually accompanied by music plays by telling a story to entertain viewers. [1] Jultagi is held on public holidays in South Korea like Daeboreum, Dano and Chuseok holidays. The Korean folk village in Seoul also presents this play to entertain tourists. It was ...