Family Members
Nik Wallenda, a direct descendant of Karl Wallenda, continues the family tradition of performing stunts on highwire without a safety net. On October 15, 2008, during a live broadcast of Today on NBC, Nik Wallenda walked and then bicycled across a suspended highwire twelve stories from the ground off the roof of the Prudential Center in Downtown Newark, New Jersey for a Guinness Book of Records World Record for longest and highest bicycle on a highwire. On June 4, 2011, he completed the high-wire crossing that killed his great-grandfather, citing Karl Wallenda as his "biggest hero in life." On June 15, 2012, Nik Wallenda began the 1,800-foot journey over Niagara Falls from the United States to Canada, but was forced to use a safety harness by ABC. The act lasted roughly 25 minutes with him completing the crossing at 10:41:32 PM EDT.
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