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Wallenda readies for tightrope walk over Niagara Falls
foxnews ^ | June 15, 2012 | Rick Leventhal

Posted on 06/15/2012 1:24:13 PM PDT by yorkie

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To: Ronald_Magnus

That movie was terrific. He was a very interesting character.


21 posted on 06/15/2012 3:01:16 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

““He will be tethered to a HARNESS - and if he DOES fall, he will climb back up to the tightrope.”

Grandpa Wallenda is rolling over in his grave.”

Read elsewhere that the harness was insisted on by ABC and he needed the sponsorship to pay for the trick. It wasn’t his first choice. And I tend to believe that.


22 posted on 06/15/2012 3:13:48 PM PDT by agooga (Struggling every day to be worthy of their sacrifice.)
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To: yorkie

I won’t watch. Don’t want to see a suicide in progress.


23 posted on 06/15/2012 5:01:19 PM PDT by RicocheT (Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
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To: RicocheT

You do realize he’s using a safety tether?


24 posted on 06/15/2012 5:05:39 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: RicocheT

Ricoche, he will be TETHERED and harnessed. There will be NO suicide - and he has said if he DOES fall, he will climb back up the tether and get back on the wire. It should be a very interesting watch.

The pre-show starts in one hour from now - and will show us everything that has gone into this production.


25 posted on 06/15/2012 6:01:56 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie

Obviously it’s gonna be well after dark when they actually do this

Assume they have some stout spotlights on hand.


26 posted on 06/15/2012 6:05:06 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

We will be seeing the lighting effects in just a couple minutes - from what I saw this morning - it will be a stunning display.


27 posted on 06/15/2012 6:59:45 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Ronald_Magnus

Early in carl’s career a couple family members were badly hurt when they bounced out of the safety nets.

The family never used them after that.

Met a few of them when I lived in Florida.

Saw some of the family again in a small county fair here in Maine last summer.


28 posted on 06/15/2012 7:09:29 PM PDT by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: maine yankee

Well, they are showing a ‘countdown’ of the top 20 stunts of all time - with intermittent snippets of how the wire will work tonight. (Wasting my time - get ON with the show, ABC!)


29 posted on 06/15/2012 7:15:31 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie

I can’t believe he wore a safety harness. I’m at greater risk driving to work.


30 posted on 06/15/2012 8:24:58 PM PDT by The Good Doctor (Democracy is the only system where you can vote for a tax that you can avoid the obligation to pay.)
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To: The Good Doctor

ABC wouldn’t cover it without the safety harness and tether.

(And I wouldn’t have encouraged my kids and grandkids to watch it if there would be any chance he could lose his life on live TV.)


31 posted on 06/15/2012 8:28:18 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Focault's Pendulum

sorry! fat fingers and poor eyesight


32 posted on 06/16/2012 5:46:25 AM PDT by Mr. K (I AM WRITING-IN PALIN/GINGRICH)
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