Friday 15 June 2012

Tightrope Walker: Wish Come True

An acrobat from the US, Nik Wallenda, will hopefully be the first person in over a century to walk on a tightrope over the Niagara Falls after being granted permission which is given rarely.


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