What's this shit about Wallenda being the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope?

[TrogL]

Has everybody forgotten Blondin and half a dozen other people? They reason they banned it was because it was turning into a daily circus.

[hlthe2b]

1. Here....

More than 150 years ago, French aerialist Charles Blondin, known as "The Great Blondin," famously walked a high wire strung farther down the Niagara gorge, but a trek over the brink of the falls had never before been attempted.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/16/uk-usa-niagara-highwire-idUKBRE85F0LK20120616


Apparently, he wants to do the Grand Canyon next. I'll watch the instant reply after I hear he's been successful.

[Iggo]

2. "...without a net" is an important part of the thrillseeker world.

And that safety tether is no different than working with a net. Once they told him he had to be tethered, he should have just passed.

[treestar]

3. He still made it without falling

which is the same thing - why should the penalty of a slip be death? He'd be embarrassed but not dead. I'm all for that. As to the feat of staying on the wire, that's still the same and amazing.

[Iggo]

4. A death-defying stunt should be a death-defying stunt...

...otherwise it's not a death-defying stunt.

That's all I'm really saying.

[treestar]

5. Well this was not a death defying stunt

It was a stunt. Still an accomplishment. I don't see why such things needs invoke a risk of death. It's silly and a potential waste of a life. He still walked over a wire for a long length and did a few "tricks" along the way.