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| Nick Wallenda walking like a normal person walking on the sidewalk |
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| Nick Wallenda focused |
"It was a lot of wind, and every bit of my stay on all the time, focused," he said.
The 34-year-old Sarasota, Florida, is a native of the seventh generation tightrope walker and is part of the family of the famous circus "Flying Wallendas" - a clan that is no stranger to the mortality rate.
His grandfather, Karl Wallenda fell during a performance in Puerto Rico, and died at the age of 73. Several other members of the family, including a cousin and uncle were killed in the wire kick.
Nik Wallenda grew up playing with his family and crossed the Grand Canyon, and dream of a teenager. Sunday trick comes a year after crossing Niagara Falls win seventh Guinness World Record.
Wallenda was wearing a microphone and two cameras, one in the dry of the Little Colorado River bed and a face that looked right. His leather shoes leather soles elk helped keep the cable as it comes to him. A handful
About 600 spectators cheering on the big screen locally on him as he walked towards them. Navajo Nation Ranger, a paramedic and two members of crew were stationed on the floor of the canyon, looking down.
The Ranger, Elmer Phillips, Wallenda said it looked like a normal person walking on the sidewalk. But he said he was a little nervous when Wallenda stopped for the first time.
"Apart from that, a nice feat. Know that I would not try anything," said Phillips. "That's good."
Wallenda told reporters after the trek, he hopes that his next turn a balancing act between rock the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building in New York would be his. But he said he would give full tightrope when his wife and children have never asked.
Before the march, there was a group of Navajo, Hopi and other Indians along a nearby road with signs protesting the event.
The event was billed as a tour of the Grand Canyon, an area considered sacred by many Native American tribes. Some residents believe Wallenda has not been determined what is the place and also said that you should not promote the game life of a man about the importance of tourism. Navajo Nation
Discovery aired two hours Navajo landscape, Monument Valley, Four Corners, Canyon de Chelly and the capital of the tribe of rock covered windows.
"When people see it, is that we want the world to know that they are Navajo people, our culture, traditions and language is still alive," Geri Hongeva spokesman Tribe Department of Natural Resources, said the hike.
