Grand Cannon?
By n_ich3
@n_ich3 (70)
Philippines
July 9, 2013 11:11am CST
More or less 2 weeks ago, I've watched in a certain TV network a live telecast of a person who dared to walk on a rope holding a more or less 10 feet stick across the Grand Cannon. Because of our excitement, my colleagues were so noisy talking about this man and his dangerous attempt so I was not able to get exactly the other details such as the distance of his walk(from pole to pole), the nationality of this man, and this Grand Cannon located. But then, he successfully crossed it. I'm sure lots of you guys have covered it. It was really amazing. Very dangerous attempt without safety line upon crossing it. I don't know what's the deal behind it aside for fame or for a world record, or just a fun that full of satisfaction. The scenario is like crossing the sahara desert without anything to bring aside of bravery and courage. It's a life threatening in a way. Such a crazy thing if I thought of it but indeed, lots of people admired and applauded it and am one of those. What could be his next step after this? would he be spotting a highly risk peak to attempt again? We'll see.
2 responses
@FrugalMommy (1438)
• United States
9 Jul 13
The man was Nik Wallenda, an American who's a seventh generation member of the Flying Wallendas family. He holds several Guinness World Records for the feats he's performed.
The Grand Canyon is located in Arizona in the United States. Wallenda didn't actually walk across the Grand Canyon, though--the National Park Service wouldn't approve it. He ended up walking across the gorge in Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park, which is located on the Navajo Nation. The cable he used was 5cm wide and 426m long, and it was about 450m above the bottom of the gorge.
He's been quoted as saying that he wants to walk across a cable suspended between two skyscrapers next.
The Navajo Nation is hoping for a big payoff from Nik Wallenda's skywalk 1,500 feet above a tribal park.
@FrugalMommy (1438)
• United States
9 Jul 13
More about his walk across the LCR gorge:
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER, Arizona (Reuters) - Daredevil Nik Wallenda completed a historic high-wire walk on a 2-inch (5-cm) steel cable over the Grand Canyon on Sunday and was greeted by wild cheers after
@FrugalMommy (1438)
• United States
9 Jul 13
Some information from the Navajo Nation regarding the Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park:
PARK HOME HOURS & FEES HOW TO GET HERE PHOTOS GUIDED TOURS CULTURAL SENSITIVITY PARK OPERATION PERMITS LITTLE COLORADO RIVER TRIBAL PARK - 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION April 28, 2012 - Saturday - Cameron, Az Location : Viewpoint 1, near milepost 286
@FrugalMommy (1438)
• United States
9 Jul 13
And the National Park Service's Grand Canyon site:
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Search Search: Explore This Park Park Tools There are park alerts in effect. hide Alerts » A powerful and inspiring landscape, Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size. Unique combina
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
9 Jul 13
From what I have read about this guy he has a lot of experience in this because it is something his whole family does. Look up The Flying Wallendas.
@n_ich3 (70)
• Philippines
10 Jul 13
Hi, thank you so much for the info you shared to us. So that was not exactly the Grand Canyon, just a close neighbor from it. But the fact that it has 426m to cross with 457m above the ground is extremely breathtaking man. It's the legacy that pursued him to do this thing. We'll see again this guy in New York. Thank you again guys.
