Sarasota Daredevil Nik Wallenda Has Georgia On His Mind

It’s unclear if Nik Wallenda plans a stop at Disney World after breaking two tightrope walking records during a harrowing stunt in Chicago Sunday. What is clear, however, is that his focus has now turned to Georgia.

The Sarasota resident told the Today show his sights are set on recreating his great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda’s trek across Georgia’s Tallulah Gorge.

The gorge is 600 feet high and 1,000 feet long.

“He did two headstands on the wire,” Wallenda said of his grandfather’s 1970 performance.

While Nik says he’s never performed a headstand on the wire in public, he is training to be able to pull it off.

Nik Wallenda broke two world records Sunday when he completed to back-to-back walks between two Chicago skyscrapers. The first record earned by the 35-year-old is for completing the highest incline tightrope walk on record, Guinness World Records explained. The second was for completing the highest blindfolded tightrope walk.

Nik completed both crossings without a harness or safety net.

The first leg of the stunt had him walking an uphill incline between Marina City’s west tower to the Leo Burnett Building above the Chicago River. It took him 6 minutes, 52 seconds to complete the walk, which was more than 50 stories above the river.

The second part of the stunt involved him crossing 94 feet blindfolded.

True to its name, the Windy City whipped up gusts as strong as 25 mph during Nik’s stunts.

Nik hasn’t indicated how soon he’s planning to cross the Tallulah Gorge. For more information about the daredevil, visit his website.

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