Aerialist plans tightrope walk near Grand Canyon
SARASOTA, Florida (AP) - Aerialist Nik Wallenda says he's planning a tightrope walk near the Grand Canyon, but he won't be wearing a safety harness like he used at Niagara Falls.
Wallenda told Sarasota Herald-Tribune Tuesday that he has signed a contract with an unnamed cable network to broadcast the roughly half-mile (0.8-kilometer) walk.
In June, the 33-year-old Florida aerialist crossed a 1,800-foot (550-meter) span over Niagara Falls. The event was televised live by network ABC, which required Wallenda to wear a safety harness despite his protests.
The paper says his contract for the walk near the Grand Canyon specifies that he doesn't need a harness.
No date or exact location has been announced. Wallenda says he's in negotiation with two American Indian tribes whose reservations border Grand Canyon National Park.
Wallenda told Sarasota Herald-Tribune Tuesday that he has signed a contract with an unnamed cable network to broadcast the roughly half-mile (0.8-kilometer) walk.
In June, the 33-year-old Florida aerialist crossed a 1,800-foot (550-meter) span over Niagara Falls. The event was televised live by network ABC, which required Wallenda to wear a safety harness despite his protests.
The paper says his contract for the walk near the Grand Canyon specifies that he doesn't need a harness.
No date or exact location has been announced. Wallenda says he's in negotiation with two American Indian tribes whose reservations border Grand Canyon National Park.
I hope he has underarm protection
@WendyTeagarden I think you're starting to obsess...!
Yawn......morning all
@phastphx Good morning
I'm gonna listen to some SRV while I ponder this.
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I may be going 3rd party this time around.
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Who doesn't have binders full of them?
Do you have "binders full of them"?
I have a fondness for Red Heads
I'm not beyond pandering for votes.
@Kushfan Now you are just going after the women's vote. And the red-headed vote.Â
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Who do I know that fits into that catagory??????????
Well we're just gonna have to put this to a vote of the people.
I didn't even hear any guitar in yours.Â
@Kushfan That line didn't work out so well, did it?
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@Kushfan  You mean "John McCain" last time, right?
"My friends......."
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@Kushfan I've got a $4.00 bill to pay someone to ask this question at the next debate.
He'll probaly find a ten-foot span of the Canyon and say he did The Grand Canyon. Better hurry up, it's gonna start snowing.
Odds are that the Hualapai will get the gig. (it's by Havasupai). With the way the wind whips in the hole, it would behoove him to go ahead and wear the harness. Don't underestimate mother nature.Â
@beernpizza Probably in the same area as the skywalk, that's where Kneivel jumped his bike....
That was an epic fail by Kneivel, how far did he go before the chute deployed, 100 feet?
 @AmFromHere Sorry AFH, that was snake river canyon and that was Evel. Robby jumped the canyon and made it over but biffed it on the landing and got pretty banged up.
@beernpizza You should have used "behooved" on the cow story
 @WendyTeagarden  @beernpizza dammit. I hate it when you get me on something.....lol