American - Entertainer | January 24, 1979 -
I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine.
Nik Wallenda
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This is something no one in the world has ever done.
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I was not scared at all.
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I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk.
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I've seen the video played over and over, and it replays in my head constantly. To be able to walk in his exact footsteps is an extremely huge honor, and I did this for him as much as I did it for my family to get some closure too.
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My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do.
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We train very hard under windy conditions. I've actually walked a wire in my backyard with 90-mile-an-hour winds.
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To do this walk, I believe it's around 2,000 feet, to go from the U.S. to Canada. I would train walking a wire almost 8,000 feet, to overtrain for this.
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One thing that I pride myself on is, everything that I do is completely legit. We go through every channel, and do it the proper way.
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If you take suede leather and put it on a piece of steel, and put moisture on it, it actually sticks.
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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.
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It's about carrying on the legacy and doing something I love and have a passion for.
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