Wallenda said he initially considered putting duct tape over his eyes to ensure the audience knows that he truly will not be able to see before deciding to go with a regular blindfold. Most people would think a wire walker doesn't want to go to the Windy City, but I enjoy the challenges." "Chicago, the Windy City, that was, believe it or not, very alluring to me. WASHINGTON: US daredevil Nik Wallenda broke two world records Sunday when he crossed the Chicago skyline on a tightrope suspended between three skyscrapers. "It's my passion, it's what I love doing,'' Wallenda said. In the second part of the special, he will be blindfolded while walking from the west tower to the east tower of the Marina City building on State Street in downtown Chicago. 2, will feature two portions: first, Wallenda will walk the length of two city blocks up a 15-degree angle from the Marina City’s 534-foot-tall west tower to the 635-foot-tall Leo Burnett Building, more than 50 stories above the Chicago River. Wallenda announced that his latest tightrope walk, which will air live on the Discovery Channel on Nov. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed 'Flying Wallendas' acrobatic performance family, is planning to walk more than 50 stories above and across the Chicago River, between Marina. I've trained a lot, intensively actually, blind-folded." High-wire performer Nik Wallenda walks on a 1.91 cm wire between buildings at an estimated incline of 15 to 19 degrees and a distance of 138.38 metres and a starting height of 179.22 metres to. His great-grandfather Karl Wallenda fell to his death while tightroping in Puerto Rico in 1978 (Wallenda completed his great-grandfather's walk in 2011), and two other family members were killed while performing a seven-person pyramid on a wire in 1962."It's about challenging myself, and hopefully through challenging myself, inspiring other people to challenge themselves," Wallenda said. Tightroping is in Wallenda's blood: he comes from a long line of daredevils known as the Flying Wallendas. Before that, he walked across Niagara Falls, but strapped to a safety harness since it was live on national television. Last year, Wallenda tightroped across the Little Colorado River Gorge outside Grand Canyon National Park, and more than 13 million people tuned in to watch it live on Discovery. “It’s mentally draining,” Wallenda said of doing the walk while blindfolded. The second walk broke the record for the highest blindfolded walk at more than 500 feet above ground. Using dozens of cameras positioned across the city and on helicopters, Discovery will follow Wallendas attempted. He set the record for steepest incline for a tightrope walk between two buildings, at 19-degrees, during the first crossing. Discovery has set November 2 for Nik Wallendas Chicago skyscraper tightrope walk. Wallenda set two world records during the event. 2 (at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT) as the tightrope walker attempts to make his way.
Discovery Channel will air Skyscraper Live With Nik Wallenda on Nov.
'That cable looked like it was going straight up,' he said. The King of the Highwire is headed to Chicago. The event was streamed live with a 10-second delay (in case anything went awry) on Discovery and their website. The tightrope began at 588 feet from the ground and ended at 671 feet. On Sunday night, daredevil Nik Wallenda tightroped across two Chicago skyscrapers, without a safety net or a harness. Then, he walked toward another skyscraper, again without a safety net or harness-and while blindfolded.
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