Crossing the Falls

I really wanted to write a nice long entry on this subject, but being mid-trip, I'm afraid I just don't have the time. But this is far too exciting an event to let slip by unnoticed. In a matter of days, Nik Wallenda will be crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope!

Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation circus performer, and one of the famed Flying Wallendas. On June 15th he will become one of a dozen or so wire artists to dare cross Niagara Falls. What makes this crossing particularly unique, however, is that Wallenda's 1,800-foot tightrope walk across the brink of the falls will take him from the United States into Canada and is first such crossing of its kind. All other crossings have taken place downstream from the brink, never directly over the falls.

Initially denied permission for the crossing by Canadian authorities (he pestered them for two years), this will be the first wire act permitted in the area since 1896!

For a far more interesting read on the Wallendas and this exciting circus event, check out this article by the Associated Press.