Posted on 06/23/2013 8:18:53 PM PDT by mykroar
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE, Ariz. (CBS Las Vegas/AP) — Daredevil Nik Wallenda does it again.
In an unofficial time of 22 minutes, 54 seconds, Wallenda crossed a quarter-mile tightrope 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon.
Wallenda paused and knelt twice to get “the rhythm out of the rope” and murmuring prayers to Jesus almost constantly along the way. His stepped slow and steady, but jogged and hopped the last few steps.
“Thank you Lord. Thank you for calming that cable, God,” he said about 13 minutes into the walk.
The stunt comes a year after he traversed Niagara Falls earning a seventh Guinness world record. He used the same 2-inch-thick cable he used to cross the falls, only this time he didn’t wear a safety harness.
The Discovery Channel broadcast Wallenda’s walk on live television after 8 p.m. EDT on Sunday with a 10-second delay. Wallenda wore two cameras, one looking down on the dry Little Colorado River bed and one facing straight ahead. His leather shoes with an elk-skin sole helped him keep a grip on the steel cable as he moved across.
Winds blowing across the gorge were expected to be around 30 mph. Wallenda told Discovery after the walk that the winds were at times “unpredictable” and that dust had accumulated on and around his contact lenses.
“It was way more windy and it took every bit of me to stay focused the entire time,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegas.cbslocal.com ...
It was an amazing witness to God and his love of his family. His prayers were very powerful.
Pray for America to Wake Up
Um...
No...
Reading lib comments on several US newspapers, they are apoplectic over Wallenda’s prayers while making the walk.
Some even said “I guess prayer didn’t help his Father” etc...
FU Liberals.
I think and hope you are right. I stumbled upon it accidentally - that channel was on when I flipped on the TV - and then I just couldn't change the channel. I only saw the last 7 minutes, and that was nerve-wracking enough.
It was the most horrifying 21 minutes of television since 9-11. I couldn’t watch, I had to take the dog out for a walk after a bit. Came back to see him kneeling on the rope....he is lucky he didn’t die in front of the whole family and links to 178 countries.
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