[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.

[SamAdams76]

Yeah, I'm glad the guy will be safe but if he is going to be tethered to a safety harness, then its not exactly a daredevil stunt. It would be about as exciting as watching my brother-in-law fly a flight simulator on the computer. If he augers into a mountain-top, he can always take a leak, grab another beer and hit the NEW GAME button. Fun for him maybe, but not so much fun for me to watch.

So I hope this guy has fun walking on his tightrope tethered to a harness. I'll be outside mowing my lawn.

[Ole Okie]

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

The story is that ABC required him to be tethered so they could promise the audience that he wouldn't die on camera.

Took all the fun out.

[agooga]

““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.

[maine yankee]

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.