American Stuntman Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across
Niagara Falls on a tightrope on 15 June 2012. Wallenda took more than
25 minutes to complete his 1800-feet long precarious journey. No person
in the past 100 years has accomplished this daredevilry act. Wallenda
started the walk from the U.S. side of the falls and finished it to the
Canadian side.
Born at Florida in US on 24 January 1979 Wallenda describes himself
as an aerialist, high wire artist, acrobat and daredevil. The six-time
Guinness World Record holder Wallenda has to his credit the world record
for the longest distance and greatest height ever travelled by bicycle
on a high wire, the record which he created during a stunt in New Jersey
in year 2008.
Stunts of any sort were legally prohibited on Niagara Falls for more
than 100 years. Nik Wallenda had to wrangled with the US and Canadian
authorities for two years to get the permission to perform the daredevil
task. On 23 September 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a
bill giving Nik Wallenda final permission to cross Niagra Falls on a
tightrope.
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