Nik Wallenda after daring wire walk: ‘What’s next?’
Charlie Gillis on the Flying Wallenda’s 45-minute walk into history: ‘To hell with the tether. He never needed it’
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Photograph by Cole Garside
Charlie Gillis has been following Nik Wallenda’s preparation to walk a high-wire suspended above Niagara Falls from the beginning. And he’s kept us to speed ever since. During Wallenda’s walk over the Falls on Friday night, he kept us updated in real-time. Here’s how it went down: