2013년 6월 25일 화요일

He did it! Daredevil Nik Wallenda wire walks across the Grand Canyon

"Winds are way worse than I expected," Wallenda said while walking. When told to relax by his father, Wallenda responded, "Kind of hard to relax when you're 1,500 feet above the ground."Later, he added, "Joe Cool ain't so cool right now."At about 13 minutes in, Wallenda had to stop and sit on the wire to steady himself and get the bounce out of the wire."It was just getting really, really uncomfortable," Wallenda recalled after he finished. "I didn't know if I wanted to get up at all. I just wanted to sit there and call out for mommy."It was 1,500 feet straight down on either side and 1,400 feet across on a 2-inch-thick, 8 and a half ton steel cable to record-setting glory for Wallenda, 34, a seventh-generation member of the famous "Flying Wallendas" family. 

For Wallenda, completing this goal was a way to pay homage to his family's legacy. "I'm carrying on a legacy, this is in my blood…" Wallenda said afterwards. "It's such a huge honor to be able to carry on the legacy in a huge fashion like this.This isn't the first time Pepsi has played with Point of sale system OEM vending machines. Two years ago, the company introduced a Social Vending System machine with text and video messaging that linked to other machines in a network."Wallenda spoke to Geist and Morales about his state of mind just before the stunt."I'm feeling very excited," he said. "This is a dream come true.It was the country's fourth and last coup; since the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923 with Ataturk, an chinavisaapplication, at its helm, the military had served to guard the staunchly secular state he envisioned. Ever since I wIn reality, there are lots of speedbumps along the way. For some time, the Self drilling rock bolts length(3000mm) itself has been too immature to support users' app expectations.as a teenager and the first time I visited the Grand Canyon I wanted to cross it."Unlike Wallenda's high-wire walk across Niagara Falls in 2012, he was not wearing a tether or safety harness of any kind and there was no net at the bottom of the canyon to catch him. Wallenda was wearing an earpiece and a microphone to be able to talk during his attempt, which was being broadcast live but with a 10-second delay. A fall would have almost certainly been fatal. 

"The biggest purpose is, or reason is, because I've never worn one before other than that Niagara Falls walk, which I had no training for, so it's something that's very uncomfortable for me," Wallenda said of not wearing a harness. "It's like telling you to get in the car and drive on the other side of the road today, it's something that you're not accustomed to."The stunt did not technically take place inside Grand Canyon National Park because authorities declined to grant him permission to perform it there.And then there's drill rod speeds on cell networks. And then there's the simple fact that mobile developers have for this long been native developers, and building for the straight-up web on tiny screens is a whole new world. Instead, it was held on the eastern part of the Grand Canyon within the Navajo Nation territory.Before you go rogue, remember the couple knows best and likely won't need that button bits set or an ice bucket if they didn't ask for it. Instead, add a personal touch. With wind gusts at 48 miles per hour on the midwire kicking up dust, Wallenda faced several obstacles. The temperature was 84 degrees up top and about 95 degrees down at the bottom of the canyon. An element that creates uncertainty is the powerful updrafts of hot air that can emanate from the bottom.

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