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Nik Wallenda's Skyscraper Walk in Chicago, USA

Daredevil Nik Wallenda broke two world records this week (on November 2) with two incredible high-wire walks between Chicago skyscrapers without a net or harness, and doing the second walk blindfolded. To the cheers of a crowd of tens of thousands on the streets below, Wallenda spoke cheerfully of the view as he walked the wire over the Chicago River. As he approached the end of the first walk he said: "God is in control." For the first walk on a steel wire, the 35-year-old Wallenda went more than two city blocks uphill, rising at a 19-degree angle, from the west tower of the Marina City towers to the Leo Burnett Building more than 50 stories above Chicago River. It was the highest skyscraper walk in the history of the "Flying Wallenda" family of acrobats, and the first time Wallenda attempted a walk at such a steep angle. The walk broke the world record for an incline high-wire walk, according to a representative from Guinness World Records interviewed on Discovery Channel which broadcast the event live. For the second part of the walk, Wallenda walked blindfolded from Marina City's west tower to the east tower, breaking the world record for the highest blindfolded high-wire walk. Wallenda said in an interview on Discovery after the walks that the wire was shaking when he walked blindfolded. "You probably saw me shaking like a leaf, this wire was shaking underneath me and you know I just wanted to make to the other side, I wasn't gonna think twice, I was getting on the wire and I am going I thought!" Wallenda said. Wallenda has also previously walked over the brink of Niagara Falls. The first skyscraper walk was 454 feet long (138 meters), rising to 671 feet (206 meters); the second was 94 feet long (29 meters), at a height of 543 feet (166 meters). Wallenda's great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, fell to his death at age 73 from a high wire in Puerto Rico in 1978. For our commentary on this historic latest achievement by the Wallenda family visit: http://www.newsivity.com Join our conversations on Facebook + Twitter via: @Newsivity Credit source: Discovery Channel