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badass
he should of pulled a natty fab mid-way…
Tightrope trackstand
I don’t know if i have ever heard news anchors freak like that and say things like “oh please don’t go backwards!” they were worried…
i suppose i’d have been a little worried too.
pretty damn impressive, though.
No brakes no foot retention.
What a jackass.
he has clips… just no straps…
Even more jackass.
But in all seriousness, that was totally amazing.
thats easy, i do that in my sleep
shoulda done a wheelie
I wonder if he coated the rim surface with anything for traction. Didn’t really seem like it with the struggle he had at the end there.
If you fell off, you think you could catch yourself?
A bunch of Wallendas have died over the years. They are pretty hardcore.
From wikipedia:
In the following years, Karl developed some of the most amazing acts like the seven-person chair pyramid. They continued performing those acts until 1962. That year, while performing at Detroit, Michigan, the front man on the wire faltered and the pyramid collapsed. Three men fell to the ground, killing two of them (Richard Faughnan, Wallenda’s son-in-law, and nephew Dieter Schepp). Karl injured his pelvis, and his adopted son, Mario, was paralyzed from the waist down.
Other tragedies include when Wallenda’s sister-in-law, Rietta, fell to her death in 1963, and his son-in-law Richard (“Chico”) Guzman was killed in 1972 after touching a live electric wire while holding part of the metal rigging. Nonetheless, Karl decided to go on. He repeated the pyramid act in 1963 and 1977. Karl continued performing with a smaller group, and doing solo acts.
On March 22, 1978, during a promotional walk in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Karl Wallenda fell from the wire and died. He was 73 at the time. Rick Wallenda completed the walk a year later.
phil, he probably had rim tape, and that would be enough traction with the texture in the cable to do it. i’m guessing
dude… rimtape is NOT going to hold up on a braided steel cable
[quote=“phil”]I wonder if he coated the rim surface with anything for traction. Didn’t really seem like it with the struggle he had at the end there.
If you fell off, you think you could catch yourself?[/quote]
No the force would be too much I think. Your hands/arms couldn’t take it.
[quote=“mander”]A bunch of Wallendas have died over the years. They are pretty hardcore.
From wikipedia:
In the following years, Karl developed some of the most amazing acts like the seven-person chair pyramid. They continued performing those acts until 1962. That year, while performing at Detroit, Michigan, the front man on the wire faltered and the pyramid collapsed. Three men fell to the ground, killing two of them (Richard Faughnan, Wallenda’s son-in-law, and nephew Dieter Schepp). Karl injured his pelvis, and his adopted son, Mario, was paralyzed from the waist down.
Other tragedies include when Wallenda’s sister-in-law, Rietta, fell to her death in 1963, and his son-in-law Richard (“Chico”) Guzman was killed in 1972 after touching a live electric wire while holding part of the metal rigging. Nonetheless, Karl decided to go on. He repeated the pyramid act in 1963 and 1977. Karl continued performing with a smaller group, and doing solo acts.
On March 22, 1978, during a promotional walk in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Karl Wallenda fell from the wire and died. He was 73 at the time. Rick Wallenda completed the walk a year later.[/quote]
it’s like lemmings running off a cliff.
So the fork is in a fixed position?
yeah, but wouldnt you? Just tighten down your headset or hell, just uninstall it and just tighten it down like hell.