Nik Wallenda Walks The Grand Canyon: Watch Him Pull Off This Skywire Stunt [VIDEO]
Nik Wallenda walks the Grand Canyon Sunday in Arizona for what is known as the skywire, which was a two-inch-thick steel cable, 1,500 feet above the river on the Navajo Nation.
As Nik Wallenda walks the Grand Canyon with his family and friends watching, people around the world watched live on the Discovery Channel.
It was a little longer than 20 minutes, but Nik Wallenda walks the Grand Canyon as he carries on the tradition that dates back seven generations in the Wallenda family. The 34-year-old carried on the legacy of what is known as the "Flying Wallendas."
His great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, fell during a performance in Puerto Rico and died at the age of 73. He said in an interview with Discovery Channel following the skywire walk and said when he was out there, he was thinking about his grandfather. Wallenda was saying that he was doing this walk for him.
Wallenda began walking on wire at the age of two, only one year after the death of his great-grandfather.
"When people watch this, our main thing is we want the world to know who Navajo people are, our culture, traditions and language are still very much alive," Geri Hongeva, spokeswoman for the tribe's Division of Natural Resources told CBS News.
Nik Wallenda really didn't cross the Grand Canyon, but really the Little Colorado River Gorge on the Navajo Nation, which is close to the Grand Canyon.
