Famed daredevil Wallenda to cross gorge near Grand Canyon
Published June 23, 2013
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June 18, 2013: High wire performer Nik Wallenda walks across a wire as he practices in Florida. (AP)
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE, Ariz. – Daredevil Nik Wallenda is using the Navajo Nation as a backdrop to one of his most ambitious feats yet — crossing a tightrope 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon.
The 34-year-old Sarasota, Fla., resident will set out Sunday on a quarter-mile cable stretched over the gorge that was eyed by another high-wire performer decades ago. The stunt comes a year after he traversed Niagara Falls earning a seventh Guinness world record. He’ll be using the same 2-inch-thick cable he used to cross the falls, only this time he won’t be wearing a safety harness.
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