A Flying Wallenda’s fight to walk across Niagara Falls
High above the stage, under the glare of a spotlight and 800 sets of unblinking eyes, Nik Wallenda’s mother is perched on a chair...Read more »
Before a Walk Across Niagara Falls, a Balancing Act
Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation circus performer, scion of the famed Flying Wallendas. He set the world record for farthest distance traveled by bicycle on a high wire....Read more »
Niagara Falls considers a return to its daredevil pas
There is no shortage of legends surrounding the cat that went over Niagara Falls in a barrel.Some say it survived, proving the barrel was sturdy enough to carry humans down the falls...Read more »
Nik Wallenda the seventh generation of the legendary Great Wallendas, set a Guinness world record October 15, 2008 for the longest distance and greatest height ever traveled by bicycle on a high wire. Wallenda walked 150 feet out on a high wire from the roof of Newark, N.J.’s Prudential Building, suspended 20 stories over the street without a safety net. He returned on a bicycle for the Guinness World Record....