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06-14-2012, 11:07 PM
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| Daredevil to walk over Niagara Falls June 15th, 2012
Wallenda walking the fine line between danger and safety - Canada - CBC News
Everyone will be watching.. and wondering.. will he fall or not?
Edit. ABC making him wear a safety harness.
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06-14-2012, 11:15 PM
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would've been more exciting to watch if he wasn't wearing a safety harness
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06-15-2012, 12:22 AM
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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.
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06-15-2012, 09:09 AM
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06-15-2012, 09:14 AM
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06-15-2012, 10:02 AM
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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
Last edited by smaggs; 06-15-2012 at 10:12 AM.
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06-15-2012, 10:10 AM
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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.
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06-15-2012, 10:36 AM
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is he walking across with the balancing stick?
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06-15-2012, 10:40 AM
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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!
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06-15-2012, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by dinosaur 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
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06-15-2012, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by dinosaur 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.
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06-15-2012, 12:21 PM
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i figure i will watch the replay of him falling...
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06-15-2012, 05:35 PM
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It's 3 hour special. On right now. 5 members of his family have died on the wire.
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06-15-2012, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Manic! 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.
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06-15-2012, 05:38 PM
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it would be a good way to go out
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06-15-2012, 06:05 PM
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3 fucking hours?! ffs...
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06-15-2012, 06:47 PM
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06-15-2012, 06:52 PM
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Did he fail or not? Don't want to waste time watching......
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06-15-2012, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Gridlock As long as those deaths weren't in vain doing something useless. |
Haha
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06-15-2012, 07:21 PM
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fucking boring to watch, must suck to be the person covering this event for 3 hours
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06-15-2012, 07:35 PM
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Its gotta suck when they think Canadians are WOOFING...
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06-15-2012, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by darthchilli Its gotta suck when they think Canadians are WOOFING... |
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06-15-2012, 08:00 PM
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w00t..he did it
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06-15-2012, 08:19 PM
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06-15-2012, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by El Bastardo What? Explain | some people in the canadian crowd are wearing HelloKitty glasses
The canadian crowd are woofing as he approaches
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