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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Tightrope Walker Takes on Grand Canyon [Watch (HLS stream): Tightrope Walker Takes on Grand Canyon](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jhkOaJBs.m3u8) (3:33)  _Published 2013-06-21. Nik Wallenda talks about his upcoming tightrope walk over the Grand Canyon_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:37 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Watch Grand Canyon Lightning](/video/TFadOoNc/) ### Watch Grand Canyon Lightning [The Ultras: Nik Wallenda](/video/wD453kIY/) ### The Ultras: Nik Wallenda [Nik Wallenda's High Wire Walk Across the Grand Canyon](/video/7mBVk1xC/) ### Nik Wallenda's High Wire Walk Across the Grand Canyon --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Step by step Nick Walenda has walked on wires around the world and most recently across Niaga Falls. So what's next. His biggest most nerve racking wire walk yet, the Grand Canyon. The man Where? Exactly. [ LAUGH ] We met in his hometown, Sarasota, Florida, where the arialist has been practicing twice a day for weeks on a replica of the wire he'll take on, over the Grand Canyon. Why the Grand Canyon? Why not the Grand Canyon? No one in the world's ever done it before. And the Grand Canyon is just breathtaking in itself. Just to walk up and look over the edge. The edge. Will end his first steps off the edge, will put him 1500 feet above the canyon floor. That's higher than the Empire State Building. He'll walk for almost a quarter mile facing wind gust some 24 miles an hour. All without a safety harness. Wearing a tether or having a net is a false sense of security. If you don't have it, you know you better train properly to make it all the way across. The only scary part about walking across Niagra Falls was wearing a tether. Because in my mind, I'm thinking is this thing gonna trip me, is it gonna get caught? What is different about the Grand Canyon from Niagra Falls? The heighth and the winds. The winds are extremely unpredictable. But it's eight times higher than Niagra Falls. Do you get nervous? Do you get anxious? [ MUSIC ] Yeah. The, the biggest challenge of doing a lot of T. V. is waiting for the director to say go. [ MUSIC ] Not that I ever want this to be. Do you practice falling? I do. Where if something were to happen I would go down to the wire wrap my legs and my arms around it and sort of hug it. Its a nightmare scenario for anyone but Edin Didier Walanda a former performer herself understands. If you had your choice would you have him wear a tether? No its something that he's trained for. Its something that we do We are professionals. He's the real deal. [ LAUGH ]. He is the real deal. I'll, I'll give that to him. It's about focus and and really determination. Once I get on that wire, that's it I'm going. There's no turning back. There isn't, you know. And it's about the mindset. And he's not kidding. We soon got a first hand look. [ INAUDIBLE ] What it really takes to stay on that wire? Hurry. Remember, we're only 30 feet off the ground but I slowly step out on that 2- inch wire, gripping neck- shoulders, no net, no harness. Not really breathing. And then. Oh, my. Going down. They lower the lift. I have never been more scared probably than right now. If not terrifying enough, he wants to take a step. Yeah, just one step, here we go. Ready? [ NOISE ] [ MUSIC ] [ LAUGH ] Oh My God. Thankfully my first and only wire walk is over. I would kiss the ground. I'm just trying to take a breath [ INAUDIBLE ]. But for Nick, as he often says. Life is on the wire, everything else is just waiting. I want people to be inspired by what we do. 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