Tightrope Walking Over Niagara Falls

Sunday s stunt comes a year after he traversed niagara falls earning a seventh.

Tightrope walking over niagara falls. The feat which was performed 160 feet above. He was just a young man when he saw blondin perform on the tightrope. Recently in 2012 nik wallenda became the first person to do a tightrope walk directly over the niagara falls and not downstream from it. Charles blondin paved the way for other adventurous individuals and his name will be right on top whenever there is a mention of the daredevils of niagara falls.

A trained circus performer jean francois gravelet who was also known as the great blondin was the first of the niagara gorge tightrope walkers. In 1873 stephen peere became an assistant to balleni helping him install his ropes across the. Nik wallenda walks over niagara falls on a tightrope in niagara falls ontario. The tightrope was taken across the river in a rowing boat.

The distance was a little over 1 000 feet 305m. Over the years some visitors have strayed away from the scenic overlook areas and ventured off the designated trails to walk over the gorge on a tightrope. An amateur tightrope walker from niagara falls named steve peere was the only tightrope walker to ever come to a tragic end. Blondin offered to carry a volunteer over on his back but unsurprisingly no one stood forward.

Nik wallenda grew up performing with his family and has dreamed of crossing the grand canyon since he was a teenager. The purpose the public purpose for actually doing it is to pay tribute to the rich history the long ago history of tightrope walking and daredevils at niagara falls the 33 year old aerial artists says he has done walks longer and higher than the upcoming 30 to 45 minutes walk across the 220 ft high horse shoe falls. Jean francois gravelet a frenchman known professionally as charles blondin becomes the first daredevil to walk across niagara falls on a tightrope.