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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5715 Posts 
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Slackwire Sam Does a Hand Stand Over 80 Feet in the Air on AGT!
OMG! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=WiX......ndscreen 
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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Yes, that was great. I've always love sway pole acts. But I don't believe anything will surpass Nik Wallenda's feat - at least not in our lifetimes.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5022 Posts
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I know it sounds ungenerous, because after all what the guy did was amazing, but I was thinking the same, comparing him to Wallenda. In comparison, it just doesn't seem that dangerous. Crazy scary, yes, and requiring great strength, but not that dangerous. He always had something solid to grab onto and it doesn't look like losing his balance is an issue in this stunt.
As I type from my cushy armchair, struggling to maintain my upright position.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5715 Posts
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When did I compare him to Wallenda?
I mentioned David Blaine. 
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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On 2013-07-17 13:36, Pakar Ilusi wrote: You didn't. But it will be really next to impossible to talk about "danger" acts anymore without an inevitable comparison to Wallenda. |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5715 Posts
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I was comparing him to Blaine as both did pole stunts. Same height of poles even.
Imho, skydiving is the most dangerous of these 'dangerous' stunts. But that's just me. 
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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Skydiving without a parachute is the most dangerous of all. And that's what the Wallendas have flirted with, and occasionally tragically succumbed to, over the last century. (Why do you suppose they were called "The Flying Wallendas?"
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5715 Posts
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That's some morbid humour you got there, Bob...
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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Actually, there's a basis for what I wrote:
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It was at a performance in Akron, Ohio, that the group all fell off the wire, but were unhurt. The next day, a reporter who witnessed the accident was quoted in the newspaper: "The Wallendas fell so gracefully that it seemed as if they were flying" – thus coining the name "The Flying Wallendas". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Wallendas#History |
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