Daredevil Wallenda aims to make history with Niagara Falls walk

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Source: Toronto Globe and Mail

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Mr. Wallenda likes to say that his dangerous feats are “a mind game more than anything.”

He is not going into this feat with full peace of mind, however.

He hasn’t found as many sponsors as he expected and the TV deal with ABC (CTV has the broadcast rights in Canada) is offsetting only part of his costs. He attempted to raise $50,000 (U.S.) online but on Thursday had only gotten pledges for less than $20,000.

ABC also required him to be tethered, which Mr. Wallenda feared would undercut his feat while hampering his movement.

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Read more: www.theglobeandmail.com

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Heads Up!

Nik Wallenda WALKS OVER NIAGARA FALLS TODAY!

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1. Kick for Nik

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2. K&R (n/t)

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3. He should do it above Fukishima

pay per view

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4. of course dead is dead whether you're

mangled under Niagra into fish food, or irradiated until your flesh boils off your bones. But your idea does show creativity. lol.

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5. People do extremely risky stuff everyday...

--stuff where the odds are greater than this of dying--and they're not told to go do it at Fukushima?
Why be hostile?

I don't understand the death predictions.

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6. The guy wants sponsors and audience for a stunt similar to the one that killed his father in Puerto

Rico in 1978. ABC didn't want to air it without him using a tether.

Wallenda is the one who put "death' into the equation. To me that's his choice and he should be allowed to risk his own life. The operation of Fukishima on the other hand, makes us all daredevils, whether we choose to be or not.

If he wants to do something risky that doesn't involve death may I suggest any of the following:
- investing in FaceBook stock
- posting in GD
- betting on Ron Paul to become the GOP nominee, or
- believing anything Mitt Romney says