"외줄타기 명인 '닉 왈렌다' 세계기록 수립" Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda breaks records with TWO death-defying wire walks...VIDEO
Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda breaks records with TWO death-defying wire walks between Chicago skyscrapers - one at a terrifying 19-degree incline and the second wearing a BLINDFOLD and navigating by ear
세계적인 외줄타기 명인 35세의 '닉 왈렌다'가 세계기록을 경신했다.
왈렌다는 1차로 65층 180m 높이의 마리나 시티타워(Marina City Tower)에서
출발하여, 50층 195m의 시카고 강 건너편 리오 버넷 빌딩(Leo Burnett) 건넜다.
138m의 시카고강을 건너는 빌딩사이의 19도 경사진 외줄에서 균형대 하나만으로
6분52초만에 무사히 건너는데 성공했다.
이어 그는 2차로 차가운 바람을 안은 채 눈 가린 상태로 시도했다.
마리나 시티타워사이의 30m를 1분 17초만에 건너는 데 성공했다.
아무런 안전 장비도 없이 세계기록에 성공한 건넌'닉 왈렌다'는 7대에 걸친 외줄타기
가문이다. 그의 증조부는 1978년 외줄타기하다 떨어져 사망했다.
그가 세운 세계기록은 2개다.
하나는 가장 높은 지점에서 경사 외줄타기를 한 것과 가장 높은 지점에서 눈가린 채 외줄타기
한 것이다.
타는 사람보다 보는 사람이 더 마음을 졸이는 순간이었다
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The high-wire artist, 35, successfully crossed the Chicago River at a 19-degree incline in a time of 6:52 minutes
In chilly winds approaching 30mph, he then walked blindfolded between Marina City towers in 1:17 minutes
The Discovery Channel ran the footage on a 10-second delay in case he fell to his death
Wallenda is a seventh-generation tightrope-walker - his great-grandfather, Karl, fell from a wire and died in 1978
Set new Guinness World Records: One for highest tightrope walk at incline, one for highest blindfolded tightrope
By Ryan Parry, West Coast Correspondent for MailOnline and Kieran Corcoran for MailOnline and Associated Press
Nik Wallenda has completed two death-defying high-wire walks between skyscrapers at an intense incline, and then with a blindfold on a cable suspended more than 500ft over the Chicago River.
The footage, aired live on the Discovery Channel, ran on a 10-second delay so producers could cut away if he fell to his death. He had neither a net nor a harness as he completed the feat - and had said his only back-up plan was to attempt to kneel and cling to the wire with his feet.
He finished the first portion of the stunt in six minutes, 52 seconds, and made the second, blindfolded walk in just one minute, 17 seconds.
The first wire was suspended more than 500ft above the Chicago River at a 19-degree incline. The wire was supposed to be suspended at 15 degrees, but a last minute change made for an even steeper challenge.
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