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: Daredevil to walk over Niagara Falls June 15th, 2012

LiquidTurbo
06-14-2012, 10:07 PM
Wallenda walking the fine line between danger and safety - Canada - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/12/f-niagara-falls-tightrope-walkers.html?cmp=rss)

Everyone will be watching.. and wondering.. will he fall or not?

Edit. ABC making him wear a safety harness.
JSALES
06-14-2012, 10:15 PM
would've been more exciting to watch if he wasn't wearing a safety harness
westopher
06-14-2012, 11:22 PM
As much as I didn't want to see him fall and die, the whole harness thing really makes it about as uninteresting as a guy walking across a bridge.
murd0c
06-15-2012, 08:09 AM
The news1130 link is going to play it online if anyone wants to watch it

Wallenda attempting a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls tonight - News1130 (http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article/358260--wallenda-attempting-a-tightrope-walk-across-niagara-falls-tonight)
Gumby
06-15-2012, 08:14 AM
The news1130 link is going to play it online if anyone wants to watch it

Wallenda attempting a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls tonight - News1130 (http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article/358260--wallenda-attempting-a-tightrope-walk-across-niagara-falls-tonight)
Matt, is that you? :p

http://assets2.mi-web.org/entradas/0002/6216/Daredevil_Logo_2_.jpg?1329650788
smaggs
06-15-2012, 09:02 AM
I was there the other day and there was tons of news crews, even 3 days before it's going to happen.

edit: not to mention there was lots of HUGE gusts of wind
Great68
06-15-2012, 09:10 AM
I was there on tuesday, and they were just setting up the cranes to get the wire across. Wallenda was saying he was pretty worried of the tether screwing up his balance, moreso than fear of the walk itself.
Excelsis
06-15-2012, 09:36 AM
is he walking across with the balancing stick?
dinosaur
06-15-2012, 09:40 AM
am i the only one who thinks this is stupid and doesn't care?

ABC has been pimping their ads for this shit for daaaays!
El Bastardo
06-15-2012, 10:27 AM
am i the only one who thinks this is stupid and doesn't care?

ABC has been pimping their ads for this shit for daaaays!


Greece's public services are about to collapse, a man is jailed in Indonesia for not believing in their "God", and the Egyptian parliament has been disbanded... but a man on a wire is what makes news.

ABC is the epitome of soft media. But then again, what else could we expect from a Disney-run television network
spyker
06-15-2012, 10:40 AM
am i the only one who thinks this is stupid and doesn't care?

ABC has been pimping their ads for this shit for daaaays!

Nope.

I don't care either,could give a rats ass to be honest,won't even bother watching it.
dinosaur
06-15-2012, 11:21 AM
i figure i will watch the replay of him falling...
Manic!
06-15-2012, 04:35 PM
It's 3 hour special. On right now. 5 members of his family have died on the wire.
Gridlock
06-15-2012, 04:37 PM
It's 3 hour special. On right now. 5 members of his family have died on the wire.

As long as those deaths weren't in vain doing something useless.
murd0c
06-15-2012, 04:38 PM
it would be a good way to go out
dinosaur
06-15-2012, 05:05 PM
3 fucking hours?! ffs...
Gh0stRider
06-15-2012, 05:47 PM
live stream

Global News | LIVE: Nik Wallenda tightrope walks over Niagara Falls (http://www.globalnews.ca/live+nik+wallenda+tightrope+walks+over+niagara+fal ls/6442661850/story.html)
Mr.HappySilp
06-15-2012, 05:52 PM
Did he fail or not? Don't want to waste time watching......
quasi
06-15-2012, 06:19 PM
As long as those deaths weren't in vain doing something useless.


Haha
JSALES
06-15-2012, 06:21 PM
fucking boring to watch, must suck to be the person covering this event for 3 hours
Tim Budong
06-15-2012, 06:35 PM
Its gotta suck when they think Canadians are WOOFING...
El Bastardo
06-15-2012, 06:52 PM
Its gotta suck when they think Canadians are WOOFING...



What? Explain
Gh0stRider
06-15-2012, 07:00 PM
w00t..he did it
BossFrancis
06-15-2012, 07:19 PM
Daredevil Nik Wallenda Walks Tightrope Across Niagara Falls To Canada - YouTube
Nik Wallenda Walks Across The Niagara Falls (June 15, 2012) - YouTube
Tim Budong
06-15-2012, 07:27 PM
What? Explain

some people in the canadian crowd are wearing HelloKitty glasses
The canadian crowd are woofing as he approaches
vafanculo
06-15-2012, 07:49 PM
Greece's public services are about to collapse, a man is jailed in Indonesia for not believing in their "God", and the Egyptian parliament has been disbanded... but a man on a wire is what makes news.

ABC is the epitome of soft media. But then again, what else could we expect from a Disney-run television network

Not necessarily their fault. ABC is a business, and unfortunately, this is the kinda shit that people want to tune in to.
tiger_handheld
06-15-2012, 08:09 PM
Wallenda's historic feat didn't allow him to escape a ritual that everyone who enters Canada goes through - he was greeted by two border guards who asked to see his passport.
Read more: Wallenda completes 1,800-foot journey across Niagara Falls (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/national/Wallenda+successfully+completes+tightrope+walk+acr oss/6791328/story.html#ixzz1xvTMn8qL)
ilovebacon
06-15-2012, 09:27 PM
so did he made it across?
shenmecar
06-15-2012, 09:31 PM
so did he made it across?

dude did you even read the post above you? you think the border guards asked to see the passport of his corpse?!
beanzzz
06-15-2012, 09:35 PM
Wallenda's historic feat didn't allow him to escape a ritual that everyone who enters Canada goes through - he was greeted by two border guards who asked to see his passport.
Read more: Wallenda completes 1,800-foot journey across Niagara Falls (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/national/Wallenda+successfully+completes+tightrope+walk+acr oss/6791328/story.html#ixzz1xvTMn8qL)


^^

so did he made it across?