Does Anyone Know Where.........

[islasmum]

I can see the whole video of the man crossing the Grand Canyon on a tightrope? I forgot to watch it on the Discovery Channel, and can only find snippets of it on You Tube.

[friedgreentomato]

I am sure it will be repeated on Discovery - do you know what the name of the program was and I will check for you?

[emmie]

didn't see it but it's on here, if it plays...
http://news.sky.com/story/1107343/grand-canyon-crossed-by-tightrope-walker

[mikey4444]

I have been to the Grand Canyon twice and its everything that I expected this it to be. If there is anybody out there who hasn't been, start saving NOW, as it has to be one of life's great experiences !

But this is the scariest thing I have ever seen !

[bednobs]

christ, that made me feel a bit sick!
does anyone know why they carry those big poles?

[pixie373]

It plays em10 thank you. Terrifying though!
The pole is for balance, bednobs

[pastafreak]

*gulp!*
That made me feel ill!
And his next challenge is to walk between the Empire State building and the Chrysler building in NYC.eessshhh!

[emmie]

not good if you haven't a head for heights.

[emmie]

no safety harness, that takes some nerves

[ferlew]

Brave or Mad?
I get giddy cleaning my bedroom windows.

[islasmum]

Thanks em10 - are some people mad, or what? for someone who really doesn't like heights I felt quite brave, watching that! so he's going to do the Empire State Building to the Crysler Building next - I've been up the Empire State building when my sister lived in New York, and I was the person flattened against the wall of the viewing deck, despite there being quite high fences round it !

[Bazile]

i'd have been impressed , if he had done it , without the pole .

[petal54]

what next,doing cartwheels?what does he do as a hobby?collect stamps

[Zeuhl]

60 min documentary tonight

8.00pm Discovery Channel

BTW
Does anyone else remember The Flying Wallendas?

[Bazile]

Actually - my reaction is - why ?

Just like , for eg , mountaineering - why ?

[Zeuhl]

^

Well I suppose The Wallendas have made a good career from it for a few generations now

though a few of them have died in the process, including old man Karl who fell 10 storeys when he was 73!

[Frank97]

Does anyone else remember The Flying Wallendas?
Weren't they the ones who came down with a bump while performing some sort of pyramid on a high wire?

[jno]

do you need a widescreen TV to watch it?

[jno]

you may be thinking of the Plummeting Wallendas, Frank97

[Octavius]

I don't really get why he doesn't use a harness. It just seems unnecessarily daft to me, rather than brave or courageous, just plain stupid.

[Zeuhl]

Frank

Yes

lots of them sitting on chairs on the shoulders of four of them walking the wire

notable fall in the 1960s that gave rise to their name

http://www.chicagomag.com/images/2010/0410/CG20100407-Flying-Wallenda.jpg