Professional daredevil Nik Wallenda broke not one, but two world records in Chicago on Sunday Night.
A chilly breeze tousled his hair as he stepped onto a tightrope 180 metres above the ground and walked 140 metres between two buildings in downtown Chicago.
The walk took eight minutes, but most impressively the tightrope had a steepness of 19 degrees. This is the tightrope equivalent of a small but incredibly dangerous hill.
Wallenda wore a body camera which focused on his specialised tightrope walking shoes as he placed them one after the other on the rope, his face frozen in concentration as he battled winds of 16-24 km per hour.
He used a 7 metre balance pole to steady himself.
“You guys watching think I’m crazy, but this is what I’m made for,” Wallenda said after his first few steps on the first wire.
Wallenda then completed a second walk, this one taking a mere two minutes as he walked 30 metres between buildings but still 180 metres above the ground. However, this time he was blindfolded.
His two walks broke the record for the steepest tightrope walk and the highest blindfolded tightrope walk.
Written by Charlotte
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im going to try this when I get home!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don’t try it because I just did hahaha
crasy
that would be so so freaky walking across there blind folded and 180 metres off the ground what a crazy guy but at the same time clever and brainy yep and kids do not try that
I tried it it’s fun
that must be really hard.
wow that is so cool. I wish I could that. It is amazing how he did it blindfolded the second time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW That is so…
Wow crazy
OMG WHO WOULD DO THAT WELL I GUESS THATS WHAT EVIL KENIVEL
oh my gosh what a man
How does he do it there is a youtube clip.But my god how does he do it plus hes blindfolded!!!
omg
What!!!!!!!!!
I would be to frighten to do that
Wow that’s so cool I wish I could do that it would be extremely hard to balance on a rope like that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaat he’s crazy
omg is this man crazy?!?!?!
that is so scary
wow that is so scary
is he out of his mind
he is ausome
wow inpresive I would of been terrified doing that.thats amazing but crazy