Nik Wallenda
Nik Wallenda
Nikolas "Nik" Wallendais an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds nine Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, but is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth24 January 1979
CitySarasota, FL
CountryUnited States of America
One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.
I'm always looking for the next major hurdle and doing something that the world has never seen.
I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire.
I have never in my life walked with a harness. The weight of the tether, makes it feel like I'm dragging an anchor behind me.
A lot of praying helped me a lot.
Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.
I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on. I'd say within three to five years I'll accomplish that as well.
I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now.
You don't have to tell me how long I'm on the wire,
I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.
The impossible is not quite impossible if you put your mind to it.
I'd love to come to Australia. I'd love to walk about the Sydney Opera House.
I am so blessed. How blessed I am to have the life that I have.
The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely those winds, you can't re-enact them, you can't recreate them. Then my forearms started to tense up and you feel like running.