Really, that’s what it was about, never being complacent but continuing to push on and move forward.Īnd how will this feat be pushing yourself in a new way than all the feats you’ve done before? And continuing to keep his name in the spotlight. My great-grandfather did an incredible job of that, creating the seven-person pyramid and doing many amazing walks around the world. It’s centered on continuing to keep the name in the spotlight. Is that business model now centered on record-breaking? So that was really a turning point, the revelation that we just needed to change our business model. I had struggled with going to college because I had so much passion for what I did, performing. We just needed to change the direction of our business and we could be successful in it. And I talked my parents into allowing me to do it, and when I got there, I realized there was an amazing opportunity. My uncle called me when I was getting ready to go away to college and asked if I wanted to be part of recreating the seven-person pyramid in Detroit, Mich. The Chicago Tribune said police estimated some 50,000 people turned out to watch Wallenda, a seventh generation member of the Flying Wallendas circus family.I started at such a young age. 'It's all about pushing myself to become better at what I do and hoping to inspire others to become better at what they do,' Wallenda told the Discovery Channel, which broadcast the stunt in more than 220 countries. Upon descending from the tightrope, Wallenda returned to Marina City west via the ground to complete his second and more dangerous feat: a tightrope walk to the east tower at more than 500 feet (152 meters), blindfolded.' itemprop='description'> In the first half of the stunt Wallenda, 35, walked more than two city blocks and crossed the Chicago River with a tightrope set at an incline of 19 degrees, between the Marina City west tower and the Leo Burnett Building. < span content='US daredevil Nik Wallenda broke two world records Sunday when he crossed the Chicago skyline on a tightrope suspended between three skyscrapers, without a safety harness. He completed the first walk in just under seven minutes and the second in slightly more than a minute, despite gusts of wind. Upon descending from the tightrope, Wallenda returned to Marina City west via the ground to complete his second and more dangerous feat: a tightrope walk to the east tower at more than 500 feet (152 meters), blindfolded. Wallenda, already the first person to cross the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls on a high wire, set records for the steepest tightrope incline and highest blindfolded walk as he stepped gingerly across the Windy City in mid-air. Nik-Wallenda-walking-across-the-Chicago-skyline-blindfolded-for-Discovery-Channel-s-Skyscraper-Live-with-Nik-Wallenda-on-Sunday-AP-Photo US daredevil Nik Wallenda broke two world records Sunday when he crossed the Chicago skyline on a tightrope suspended between three skyscrapers, without a safety harness.

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