Crossing the Grand Canyon on a 2 inch wire!

Anybody catch Skywire Live last night with Nik Wallenda?

1400 feet across, 1500ft up. Winds gusting over 30mph, cable was moving the whole time. No tether, no saftey net...if he falls, he's dead. His wife, and kids ages 10, 12, and 14 were on the other side watching the whole time. I was on the verge of shitting my pants on the couch the entire 23 minutes it took him to do it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jun/24/high-wire-nik-wallenda-grand-canyon-gorge-video

Quality isn't perfect, but it's the entire video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks8p3gmCeh0

 

I guess this is just something everybody can do? Nobody seems as amazed as I do lol

 

I think it's stupid, not amazing

 

Saw the last part today at lunch. Intense. Balls if steal no doubt.

 

+1

For a single only-child who's parents are dead, it's amazing.
For anyone who has any living family, it's just a stupid stunt.

 

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Yep.

Another thing that got me was that he supposedly was praying the whole time. I don't really want to talk about religion on here, but there is a scripture passage somewhere saying not to put God to the test........this would surely qualify?

But yes, crazy skills and balls of steel, just should be using a harness at least......wife and kids watching!

 

He took a tightrope across the canyon, I took a helicopter

 

Crazy, stupid, insane or not....it's incredible.

 

I can't imagine...just watching makes my palms sweat. I'm the person that gets stuck on the roof because I can't step backwards onto the ladder LMAO

 

I guess the wife and kids were praying too

 

She really wanted a summer home in the Hamptons