Nik Wallenda, the seventh generation of the legendary Great Wallendas, set a Guinness world record October 15, 2008 for the longest distance and greatest height ever traveled by bicycle on a high wire. Wallenda walked 150 feet out on a high wire from the roof of Newark, N.J.'s Prudential Building, suspended twenty stories over the street without a safety net. He returned on a bicycle for the Guinness World Record. And now he's set the record as the first person to ever cross the Niagara Falls.
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A practical guide to overcoming fear from the daredevil who has walked on a tightrope across Times Square and the Grand Canyon. Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation member of the Flying Wallendas, a circus family known for performing dangerous feats wi... SEE MORE