The Chicago Tribune said police estimated some 50,000 people turned out to watch Wallenda, a seventh generation member of the Flying Wallendas circus family. The event was televised live, but with a delay of several seconds in case Wallenda fell. “You guys watching think I’m crazy, but this is what I’m made for,” Wallenda was quoted as saying just after he began his first walk. “It’s all about pushing myself to become better at what I do and hoping to inspire others to become better at what they do,” Wallenda told the Discovery Channel, which broadcast the stunt in more than 220 countries. He completed the first walk in just under seven minutes and the second in slightly more than a minute, despite gusts of wind. Upon descending from the tightrope, Wallenda returned to Marina City west via the ground to complete his second and more dangerous feat: a tightrope walk to the east tower at more than 500ft (152m), blindfolded. In the first half of the stunt Wallenda, 35, walked more than two city blocks and crossed the Chicago River with a tightrope set at an incline of 19 degrees, between the Marina City west tower and the Leo Burnett Building. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed 'Flying Wallendas' acrobatic performance family, is planning to walk more than 50 stories above and across the Chicago River, between Marina. Wallenda, already the first person to cross the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls on a high wire, set records for the steepest tightrope incline and highest blindfolded walk as he stepped gingerly across the Windy City in mid-air. His great-grandfather Karl Wallenda fell to his death while tightroping in Puerto Rico in 1978 (Wallenda completed his great-grandfather's walk in 2011), and two other family members were killed while performing a seven-person pyramid on a wire in 1962.US daredevil Nik Wallenda broke two world records on Sunday when he crossed the Chicago skyline on a tightrope suspended between three skyscrapers, without a safety harness. Wallenda successfully crossed the 454ft-long wire from Marina Tower West, located along the north side of the Chicago river, up a 19-degree incline to the Leo Burnett building on the South side. Tightroping is in Wallenda's blood: he comes from a long line of daredevils known as the Flying Wallendas. 6:36 PM EST On November 2, tightrope walker Nik Wallenda will attempt his most audacious feat yet: walking a highline strung across the skyscrapers of Chicagos evening skyline. Before that, he walked across Niagara Falls, but strapped to a safety harness since it was live on national television. Last year, Wallenda tightroped across the Little Colorado River Gorge outside Grand Canyon National Park, and more than 13 million people tuned in to watch it live on Discovery. VDOMDHTMLtml> Nik Wallenda: Why Chicago Skyscraper Live - YouTube On Sunday, November 2 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, Nik Wallenda takes on the Windy City. “It’s mentally draining,” Wallenda said of doing the walk while blindfolded. The second walk broke the record for the highest blindfolded walk at more than 500 feet above ground. He set the record for steepest incline for a tightrope walk between two buildings, at 19-degrees, during the first crossing. Wallenda set two world records during the event. The event was streamed live with a 10-second delay (in case anything went awry) on Discovery and their website. On Sunday night, daredevil Nik Wallenda tightroped across two Chicago skyscrapers, without a safety net or a harness. Then, he walked toward another skyscraper, again without a safety net or harness-and while blindfolded.
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