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Skyscraper Live with Nik Wallenda is a Discovery Channel special that aired on November 2, 2014. The special was billed as a highwire walk by Nik Wallenda across the city of Chicago in the United States. [1] Specifically, he walked wires between three skyscrapers "all of which are taller than the Washington Monument." On one of the walks, he ...
The wire was two inches (five centimeters) in diameter, significantly wider than the 5/8 of an inch wire Wallenda typically uses, and weighed roughly 8.5 tons (7,700 kg). [18] [25] The extra width was necessary to make the cable strong enough to withstand the tension required. [25] Getting it across the Falls was a major technological challenge.
On October 15, 2008, Nik broke the world record for the highest and longest bike ride on a high wire live on NBC's Today. [8] Nik Wallenda became the first aerialist to walk directly over Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012, from the United States into Canada. Wearing a safety harness as required by ABC television, he crossed at the river's widest ...
WEST ALLIS, Wisc. (FOX6) -- On Tuesday evening, August 11th, world-famous wire walker Nik Wallenda successfully completed his longest walk EVER at the Wisconsin State Fair. Ahead of the wire walk ...
By TYLER DASWICK College Contributor Network Nik Wallenda, the danger-prone highwire-walker of Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, and now Chicago fame, is more akin to a time traveler than anything else.
Nik Wallenda says he "freaked" out when his balancing pole slipped during a high-wire walk with his sister above New York's Times Square.
Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda drew an average of 10.7 million viewers in the United States, making it the highest rated program of the night. It beat out NBC's Crossing Lines (4.4 million viewers) and CBS's 60 Minutes (8.2 million) among other offerings. [23] Viewership increased steadily throughout the program, with a spike as the walk itself ...
Nik Wallenda, self-professed "King of the High Wire," broke his own world record in a stunt at Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas, ... Updated September 22, 2016 at 5:13 PM.