Stunts and Daredevils at Niagara Falls.
Ongoing Saga; and the role of family heritage.
Ongoing Saga; and the role of family heritage.
Summer 2012. Nik Wallenda.
Nik Wallenda has permission to do it. See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/nik-wallendas-niagara-fal_n_1279682.html. Scion of the Flying Wallendas will do the tightrope to die for. See http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/02/ny-trumps-canada-in-niagara-tightrope-fight.html#.
This border of the United States and Canada must address interesting issues. When, and why, to permit stuntwork across Niagara Falls. Now, in a long line of risk-takers for personal reasons, and the gasps of the rest of us, enter a member of the famous circus performance family, the Flying Wallendas. Nik Wallenda, scion of the Wallendas, is that so, may get his chance. See Wallenda may cross Niagara Falls by tightrope after all.
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Wallenda is the seventh generation of his skilled family in the derring-do, balance, risk of life on high wires. See http://nikwallenda.com/bio.html
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Niagara stunts. Stunts have been part of Niagara Falls, since people going over in barrels, with a range of results, http://www.niagaraparks.com/media/niagara-falls-stunting-history.html, and it was a woman, Annie Taylor, who did it first. We love to read who is doing what. See http://www.niagarafrontier.com/devil_frame.html.
The Flying Wallendas must have unique genes, or family persuasion, or all of the above, see http://www.wallenda.com/. Nik Wallenda is not a contender to dismiss, or group among the nutcases. The circus world has changed from the early tents and trapezes with no nets, even though in some countries, the traveling circus is still a mainstay of seasonal entertainment.
Americana. Families on road trips, here Niagara Falls in about 1946. Bottom row.
Niagara Falls, NY. American road trip c. 1946