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Jun 15, 2012

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In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

By Saundra Amrhein SARASOTA, Florida (Reuters) - Dressed casually in a T-shirt, calf-length cargo pants and flip-flops, Nik Wallenda looks no different from many of the hundreds of spectators who have turned out in recent days to watch him practice for his next high-wire act. There are no pretentious airs about him, and no spangled outfits. "Hey, how ya doing, man?" he asked...

yahoo.com (3 days ago)

Gallery | Nik Wallenda prepares for 'Grand' high-wire walk

Throngs of well-wishers show up to watch Sarasota aerialist Nik Wallenda practice…Click to Continue »

bradenton.com (2 days ago)

In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

SARASOTA, Florida (Reuters) - Dressed casually in a T-shirt, calf-length cargo pants and flip-flops, Nik Wallenda looks no different from many of the hundreds of spectators who have turned out in recent days to watch him practice for his next high-wire act.

reuters.com (3 days ago)

Wallenda returns to Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS – Nine months after he walked across Niagara Falls, daredevil Nik Wallenda will return to the city that launched his worldwide fame.Wallenda will be in Niagara Falls tomorrow to discuss “upcoming projects,” according to the staff of State Sen. George D. Maziarz, R-Newfane.Wallenda will appear with Maziarz at an 11:30 a.m. news conference to reveal “new details”...

buffalonews.com (3 months ago)

Wallenda a ‘kid at Disney’ in return to falls

NIAGARA FALLS – It’s been 9 months since the King of the High Wire took his last step over the raging cataracts of Niagara Falls.And boy did Nik Wallenda miss them.“I feel like a kid at Disney World every time I come back,” Wallenda said at a news conference this morning. “There’s just something alluring about the falls.”Wallenda, in town to receive an award from the Niagara...

buffalonews.com (2 months and 30 days ago)

Wallenda to traverse Grand Canyon, without a harness

March 19 - High-wire stuntman Nik Wallenda announces he will tightrope walk across a section of the Grand Canyon. Sharon Reich reports.

reuters.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Wallenda to traverse Grand Canyon, without harness

He calls himself the "King of the High Wire." Now, Nik Wallenda plans to cross the Grand Canyon on a tightrope - 1,500 feet or 457 meters in the air - without using a safety harness.

palmbeachpost.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Wallenda to Traverse Grand Canyon, Without a Harness

He calls himself the "King of the High Wire." Now, Nik Wallenda plans to cross the Grand Canyon on a tightrope - 1,500 feet or 457 meters in the air - without using a safety harness.

palmbeachpost.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Sarasota, Manatee fans stoked Wallenda Grand Canyon walk

Nik Wallenda is preparing in Sarasota for a walk across the Grand Canyon on a high wire, which no one has done before.Click to Continue »

bradenton.com (7 days ago)

Nik Wallenda has friends in high places

"Are you nuts?"Nik Wallenda, whose appearance Sunday morning at the Worship Center was staged as a casual question-and-answer session before some 1,200 people, receives an easy one to get the ball rolling."Yes," he replies.Wallenda is the seventh generation of The Flying Wallendas, a family that, fo...

lancasteronline.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

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