Many have died performing these rare, dangerous stunts which
caused such acts to be made illegal. But Canadian Officials have allowed for
this stunt to take place after it was argued that such an act will pay tribute
to history. Nik, 33, was born into a family of circus performers and took up
tightrope-walking since the age of two. His dream since he was six years old
remained to be walking across the Falls.
He said, "My dream is to walk into the mist,
disappear, and walk out the other end."
Mr Wallenda said he will not be wearing a harness
and his rope will be strung about 70m above the Niagara Falls. This has resulted
to be higher than most competitors in the past. This daredevil task is said to
be performed at 10:00pm on 15th June 2012.
Here's one of his earlier achievements:
By Nazifa Muhamood