View Full Version : Nik Wellenda to walk over Niagra Falls tonight..NO SAFETY LINE!!
Is any one else plan on watching this tonight. I believe cbc will be covering the event at 10 pm. This guy has to be out of his mind, walking over the falls on a tight rope and wants to remove the safety harness. His dad had try this before but had not accomplished it and killed himself, so he is trying to relive the dream for him and raise money. IMO this will be one of the most epic things ever, or will end up going horribly wrong and lose another person...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/06/15/wallenda-setup-friday.html?cmp=rss
Default User
06-15-2012, 07:14 PM
I wanted to see it
But that's all I'm going to say about it because I don't want to get flamed LOL
The Wolf
06-15-2012, 07:17 PM
His father didn't fall or die. He will be talking to him through an earpiece tonight as he attempts the crossing.
His father didn't fall or die. He will be talking to him through an earpiece tonight as he attempts the crossing.
oh, well my mistake it was on the new in the background and i heard someone related to him then maybe? or how about maybe the last person to try this? i duno something to that effect..my mistake on the father part though, heard wrong
07carbon3
06-15-2012, 08:40 PM
im getting excited to see this, some co-workers and I were talking about how crazy its going to be if he falls, i know its a terrible thing to say but you know.. lol
Zuluwun
06-15-2012, 08:45 PM
oh, well my mistake it was on the new in the background and i heard someone related to him then maybe? or how about maybe the last person to try this? i duno something to that effect..my mistake on the father part though, heard wrong
Grandfather, not father IIRC.
Default User
06-15-2012, 09:35 PM
im getting excited to see this, some co-workers and I were talking about how crazy its going to be if he falls, i know its a terrible thing to say but you know.. lol
Soooo meeeannnn!!!
There's kids watching this thing live
damn..thats too long of a walk... i hope he makes it.
Default User
06-15-2012, 10:37 PM
OH SHIT ! He forgot his passport and has to turn around
S.F.W.
06-15-2012, 10:39 PM
OH SHIT ! He forgot his passport and has to turn around
haha!
Thing is with the safety harness attached..kind of take out the thrill.
The Wolf
06-15-2012, 10:43 PM
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Default User
06-15-2012, 10:44 PM
That border patrol skit was pretty damn ghay
Bleemer
06-15-2012, 10:47 PM
Yah he just completed his walk... back on good ole Canada soil...:)
S.F.W.
06-15-2012, 10:47 PM
That border patrol skit was pretty damn ghay
agreed
yearoftherat
06-15-2012, 10:49 PM
Whoo hoo!!! Like how the news say that there are approx 100,000 people on the Canadian side vs 6,500 on the US.
Bleemer
06-15-2012, 10:57 PM
Yah, didn't look like 100,000? but way more than the US 4sure
Did you see that little victory jig he did at the end, lol...
07carbon3
06-15-2012, 11:02 PM
i know im going to get blasted but that was boring, seeing that tether just ruined it.don't get me wrong hes got skills
O1Kanoby
06-15-2012, 11:11 PM
i know im going to get blasted but that was boring, seeing that tether just ruined it.don't get me wrong hes got skills
+1 your not alone, plus one of the commentators commented on how wet it was while he was mid-way, dumbest comment ive ever heard, like walking above one of the biggest waterfalls in the world isnt going to be wet.....
i know im going to get blasted but that was boring, seeing that tether just ruined it.don't get me wrong hes got skills
It was pretty 'boring'. I caught the walk about half way and I saw a ton of people leaving out of shear boredom.
Flagrum_3
06-16-2012, 06:54 AM
I don't know how you guys can find it boring, tether or not it was an amazing feat. Especially with the elements he had to deal with, especially the winds. Hey, and he made history.
I'm happy for the guy and his family.
_3
Lactose
06-16-2012, 09:38 AM
haha!
Thing is with the safety harness attached..kind of take out the thrill.
+1, but he didn't want it he was forced to wear it cuz Niagara parks wouldnt allow it otherwise.
I don't know how you guys can find it boring, tether or not it was an amazing feat. Especially with the elements he had to deal with, especially the winds. Hey, and he made history.
I'm happy for the guy and his family.
_3
I enjoyed a bit of it. Problem with this kind of thing is there is no room for drama, if you see him struggle against the winds it's too late. The fact that he did it so clean was fun to watch, but at the same time to a lot of people the fact that it looked so easy for it made it less exciting. Also the harness takes out the "Danger" factor to it. Just like if the guy who did the small shallow pool diving had 5 feet of pads underneath, it just wouldnt be the same.
MajesticBlueNTO
06-16-2012, 09:47 AM
+1, but he didn't want it he was forced to wear it cuz Niagara parks wouldnt allow it otherwise.
I enjoyed a bit of it. Problem with this kind of thing is there is no room for drama, if you see him struggle against the winds it's too late. The fact that he did it so clean was fun to watch, but at the same time to a lot of people the fact that it looked so easy for it made it less exciting. Also the harness takes out the "Danger" factor to it. Just like if the guy who did the small shallow pool diving had 5 feet of pads underneath, it just wouldnt be the same.
he could have unhooked the harness at any time and did say that he would have if his dad told him to do so over the radio...however, ABC, who was broadcasting it in the USA on a 5 second delay, threatened to stop showing the event if he unhooked the harness while on the wire.
Fobio
06-16-2012, 10:45 AM
it's funny when he kept "thank you jesus" and "praise the father" while his dad was talking him down on the radio. I think I fell asleep like 5 times watching it tho...and the french bits was not funny, made CDN's look like idiots.
**** ABC.
iconicrocket
06-16-2012, 10:52 AM
I was to busy enjoying my bowl of Pho, even though it was on TV.
Tight rope?
Tight *****. Way more exciting
Default User
06-16-2012, 12:26 PM
I was waiting for a ninja to pop out so they can start battling over the falls
I was waiting for a ninja to pop out so they can start battling over the falls
the ninja was there...waiting...
you didn't see the ninja because he's a ninja
why can I not type the word *****
are there special filters set for things that loki says??
*****
*****
****
hmm...
I blame the powerdercoating thread
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