High wire walker Nik Wallenda balances on a 1,200 foot (366 meter) cable during a practice session in Sarasota, Florida, June 14, 2013. Wallenda is training for his untethered high wire walk across the Grand Canyon scheduled for June 23.
Isn't there a Biblical admonition against doing this?
“Poppy” a great but little-known tune from the 70s dedicated to the memory of “Poppy” Wallenda, performed by Duke Jupiter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXjOJ15kug
“Sit down, Poppy, Poppy sit down!”
Joking aside, I completely agree. Very pointless and unneccesary risk of life and limb. I doubt God is impressed.
Taking that “Walk by faith, not by sight” verse perhaps too literally...
Like Frankie Avalon in a non-beach movie, he works without Annette.
Hope he doesn’t get shot......................
No Net an yahoo?...............
Not a good idea to tempt God...
Christian Suicide.
There are many justifications for putting one’s life at risk. There are justifications for putting oneself in the path of certain death.
Proving you can walk across a canyon or between two buildings isn’t one of them. The Pope should have told the Wallendas to cut it out decades ago.
By the way, walking on a tightrope is not as hard as it looks. Anybody can do it with practice. Once you master the concepts of focus and balance, it is difficult for you to actually fall off, especially if a balancing pole is used. But it does happen, especially when you are exposing yourself to the elements of weather and unpredictable winds.