Daredevil Nik Wallenda wowed the world with back-to-back walks on a tightrope between Chicago skyscrapers without a safety net or a harness, performing one of them blindfolded, as a crowd gasped and cheered. I feel incredible, Wallenda said at a news conference afterward Sunday night. He said strong winds and the steeper-than-expected angle of the first high wire caused him to hurry his performance. Wallenda had practiced at a 15-degree angle but said the wire was actually at 19 degrees. That cable looked like it was going straight up, he said. Thousands of cheering fans packed the streets around the citys Marina City towers to watch the 35-year-old heir to the Flying Wallendas family business. It took Wallenda about six and a half minutes to walk the 454-foot (138-meter) stretch from the Marina City west tower to the top of a building on the other side of the river. I love Chicago, and Chicago definitely loves me, said Wallenda as he walked that wire, with the crowd below him screaming in support. What an amazing roar! The next stage of Wallendas high-wire event he undertook blindfolded — a 94-foot (28-meter) walk between the two Marina City towers. He made the stretch in little more than a minute.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:02:43 +0000
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