Tightrope Walking Across Niagara Falls

He had done numerous stunts but this was clearly his biggest one.

Tightrope walking across niagara falls. As he crossed wallenda said he had an unbelievable view from the cable. Blondin s first tightrope walk across niagara falls richard cavendish remembers how the daredevil jean françois gravelet stunned the world on june 30th 1859. Nik wallenda walks over niagara falls on a tightrope. Stephen peere was born in 1840 in the stamford township.

Blondin always prepared well for his acts. He is known for his high wire performances without a safety net. Charles blondin became the first man to walk on a tightrope downstream from the niagara falls across the gorge in 1859. He toured the united states and was known for crossing the 1 100 ft 340 m niagara gorge on a tightrope.

Jean francois gravelet a frenchman known professionally as charles blondin becomes the first daredevil to walk across niagara falls on a tightrope. Charles blondin born jean françois gravelet 28 february 1824 22 february 1897 was a french tightrope walker and acrobat. An amateur tightrope walker from niagara falls named steve peere was the only tightrope walker to ever come to a tragic end. The feat which was performed 160 feet above.

For his niagara falls stunt he went all out to create awareness about the act before the actual performance. He was just a young man when he saw blondin perform on the tightrope. He holds 11 guinness world records for various acrobatic feats but was best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over niagara falls.