Nik Wallenda To Attempt To Tightrope Across Canyon Tonight 7PM CST On Discovery
 

Wallenda walked across Niagara Falls last year and tonight will attempt to walk across the Little Colorado Gorge in Arizona live on the Discovery channel at 7pm CST.

Countdown to the walk comes on at 5pm CST.

1500 ft high, taller than the Empire State Bldg. this time untethered, no safety net.

He wanted to walk across The Grand Canyon but he was not allowed to just like they refused Evel Knievel in the 70's.

Watch this video, guy is truly nuts or has balls of steel or both.

http://skywire.discovery.com/360.htm..._utmk=49727590

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbe...-grand-canyon/

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That's a long, long way down to the ground.

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Here is his father's death.

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After the first fifty feet or so, does it really matter?

That's just stupid to do. Its nothing but attention whoreing.

It builds more suspense the longer the fall.

Admit it, we will all tune in secretly hoping he falls to his death.

if he slips willyalenda hand

Sick, but yes.

Grandfather, wasn't it?

That's kinda what Wallendas do. It's a family of acrobats and daredevils.

I'll probably make it, but if he doesn't he'll pretty much just be fulfilling a family legacy.

Yes my bad, Grandfather I think.

This pussy wore a safety harness when he did the niagara falls one.. Was stupid as hell. No respect for that shit.. gunna hype it up like he could die then have a safety line?? http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...44_964x520.jpg

What is the ****ing point of the harness?


Anybody can do that shit LMFAO

not to mention it should be against the law to call that a rope.. thing was as wide as his foot and didnt bend, sway or move at all... and the stick hes got is being supported by his shoulders.. so much fail. its sad

It's the family business. Publicity and self promotion is how they make there money. It's the circus. Barnum and Bailey etc.

I met the guy on the beach one day. No idea who he was until he said his last name. Most of the Wallenda's are from Sarasota. Most of the circus performers use to winter in Sarasota until the roads were safe to travel up north after the winter.

He either wore the safety harness or he couldn't walk about the falls. These guys at this level don't want a harness messing up their balance.

Perhaps I'm just desensitized by outdoor videos, but I don't really understand why this is getting all the attention it is.

Dude, watch the video of his grandfather plummeting to his death I posted earlier!

No tether, no net.....live. anything could happen
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This will probably be more interesting than watching NASCAR; not much more though.

Some of these people think this is easy!

1/4 mile walk above a canyon where the cross winds could easily blow his ass off the wire.

Hell I can't even complete a field sobriety test.

The reasons for watching this and watching NASCAR are pretty much the same.

Move along people, nothing to see here. They just admitted there is a paramedic team stationed on the canyon floor.

"No tether. No net. Failure likely fatal."

No shit? It's only 1,500 feet.

Is he dead yet?

Wanna search for the video if he's dead.

2 hours and 20 mins long... when is he actually suppose to do this shit? Don't want to watch bullshit for an hour and a half if hes gonna do it at the end.

If its anything like here they will wait until closer to dusk so that the winds are more calm.

I have nothing against the guy, but at the same time it would be kind of cool if a bird hit him partway through.

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2 hours of family backstory, interviews, buildup and hype. 20 minutes of walk.
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This is about as close as this generation of youngsters will get to the great Evil Knievel specials on Wide World of Sports in the 70s...they'd stretch a motorcycle jump out for two hours...

ROFL

I just want to see if the guy falls to his death on live TV?

Me too man. Me too.

I don't need this 120 min cycle of "How's the wind?," commercial, "And we're back live. How's the wind?"

I just want to see the 20 seconds of drop, Wiley Coyote style.

How's the wind?

#1 world wide trending topic on Twitter. Some successful marketing right there.

man, they're filling time with twitter, joel osteen, and prayers...

the announcer just said his final moments are coming up so I guess Discovery Channel knows something we don't...

Well, he is using an Acme tightrope....

I'm not really into Twitter - What's the hashtag? #HowsTheWind?

Those were awesome back in the day

#skywire

Once again, how's the wind?

No its: #hurryupandfalltoyourdeathalready

The Snuffy the Seal ad has been the best part of this so far...

It blows

That was pretty funny! 5 of us watching this at our house, and we all laughed out loud at that one!

how much money you think he gets for this?

Not enough.

$100/foot.

is that true or made up?

Who cares! Think how much pussy he can pull with a pickup line of "Yea, I'm that guy that walked across the ****ing Grand Canyon."

Legit.

So the distance to the bottom is equivalent to falling off the spire at the top of the Empire State building. They have paramedics at the bottom....wouldn't a coroner be more appropriate?

I agree...this seems stupid. That fall from earlier in the thread made me kind of sick.

Completely made up. Poor attempt at humor.

Gay.

I just want to know what he's getting paid to do this.

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Those were the days.

Maybe a shovel.

Or a sponge.

Doesn't need to.

Did you see his wife?

She is smokin hot.

He wouldn't release what he was getting paid.

Good luck to him.

No I didn't. Pics?

Yeah but it might be the last 2:20 minutes of his life.

I dare you to try it.

yeah I'm an asshole because I just want him to fall

This is crazy. I have the tv on, but its hard to look at lol

I agree...I might throw up if I hear 'thank you Jesus' one more time

This is pretty intense wow

Then we are all assholes. I'll breath a huge sigh of disappointment if he reaches the other side.

At this point I can't tell if he's just trying to make it seem worse than it is or ? But it sure doesn't seem to be going so swell...

Praise you jesus

That would definitely increase the irony factor a bit if he fell.

yeah, god is like, dude. this all on you, im watching lol

On it now!

so, did he make it?

he should test his luck and start screaming **** YOU JESUS...YOU'RE A PUSSY JESUS

and then when he finishes he can be like

see, God isn't real

The cable is starting to bounce...doesn't look good...

"Lord, keep this cable calm". ROFL