as the media wants to play up it s so dangerous and you could lose your life, i have to filter all those thoughts out and continue to focus on the positive. right. you re not thinking about, don t want to think about the doom and gloom, as you put it. so what are you thinking about when you are walking? i m puritying myself back in the training ground as i was training last week in sarasota, i was training with wind gusts 45 to 50 miles per hour. i stayed with wind speeds of 92 miles per hour. all of that is mental prep. mental preparation for the huge challenge. what does he do in the moments just before a big high wire walk? i say a prayer with my family and give them a hug and kiss and tell them i ll see them in a few minutes. that s it. that s a lot. we ll be watching wallenda s grand canyon crossing attempt. you ll see it tonight in a special called sky wire live with nik wallenda on the discovery channel 8:00 p.m. eastern time. what do nasa, starbucks and
wire. he does it live on national television. now, he wants to top that with a walk over the grand canyon. no one in the world has done that. i try to find a unique twist on everything that i do and try to find places no one in the world ever walked before. this is truly a dream come true. he ll be 1,500 feet high, higher than the empire state building with nothing but a wire between him and the ground far below. no net, no tether. wallenda has been training for years at his home in sarasota, florida. not even tropical storm andrea kept him off the wire in early june. why does he do it? this is something i ve done since i was 2 years old. it truly is my passion. he is the seventh generation of the famous wallenda family to do high wire stunts. the family was known for its seven-person pyramid. in 1962, in detroit, something went horribly wrong. two members of the family fell
to their death and a third was paralyzed. guide them every step of the way. when nick wallenda was a teenager, he helped the family recreate the same stunt at the same detroit arena. this time success. nick is dedicating his upcoming walk across the grand canyon to his great grandfather carl wallenda. i asked about what s driving him to do this. it seems as though you probably have defied or far extended all expectations of your family. you said your great grandfather is one you were honoring carl wallenda. do you think your family thought would you take it to these heights, so to speak? i don t know if they thought i would or not. i believe no matter what you do, you should do it to the best of
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charges ended in a mistrial. he will not be retried. i can t wait until that book comes out. really? another green company about to go bust after spending your tax dollars. a one, two, three system that has a one, two, three system has $250 million in stimulus money that make lithium ion battery recalls. the company is releasing a new battery this week hoping it will save them. let s hope so. take a look at this. nick wolenda has said. i watched it. it is great. he has said it s his deep rooted faith that keeps him walking the line. but you would never have known that the daredevil was praying outloud the entire time he was televised crossing niagara falls as brian watched abc last week. religious groups are outraged. they want to know why the network never mentioned him praising jesus when some people said they could hear him praying aloud. all right.