HE DID IT: Daredevil Nik Wallenda performed a history-making high-wire walk across Niagara Falls



<span class="text" style="color: #000000;">Nik Wallenda crosses Niagara Falls from Goat Island to Table Rock on a high wire. Wallenda has reached the wettest - and most slippery - section of the tightrope. <br/> </span>

HE DID IT: Daredevil Nik Wallenda performed a history-making high-wire walk across Niagara Falls, in half of the time expected.




"In the end, the winds were the issue - halfway through I started to think about my great-grandfather Karl Wallenda and it was all about paying tribute to him," Wallenda said after completing his historic walk.

The crowd on Canadian side went wild as Wallenda reaches the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Canadian border agents were on hand to check his passport as he disembarked from the wire.

"In the end, the winds were the issue - halfway through I started to think about my great-grandfather Karl Wallenda and it was all about paying tribute to him," Wallenda said after completing his historic walk.

Nik's wife, Erendira, and their three children arrive on the Canadian side by police escort
Nik's wife, Erendira, and their three children arrive on the Canadian side by police escort
 Daredevil completes walk across Niagara Falls
 
updated 10:55 PM EDT, Fri June 15, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • NEW: Nik Wallenda walks into the record books
  • "It's been a dream of mine for a long time," he tells CNN
  • Wallenda had a near fall after stumbling on a tightrope above Baltimore's Inner Harbor
  • His great-grandfather was killed at the age of 73 attempting to walk between two buildings
Cloaked in darkness and enveloped by mist, aerialist Nik Wallenda walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope late Friday and into the record books.
It was a historic walk that observers say was in line with his appetite for the extreme and the high-wire customs of his "Flying Wallendas" family.
Pumping his fist in the air, Wallenda sprinted the last few steps on the wire. After touching down on Canadian soil, he embraced his family.
"It's been a dream of mine for a long time," Wallenda told CNN before the attempt. "I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things."
Wearing a red and black rain jacket and a balance pole around his neck, Wallenda appeared calm and focused as he began the walk.
He took small steps, gingerly placing one foot in front of the other.
Thousands were on hand to watch Wallenda teeter his way on the 2-inch-wide wire over Horseshoe Falls toward Canada. He wore a harness at the insistence of those sponsoring the event, officials say, despite what he said was his desire to walk without a safety rig.
A promotional poster shows the orginal performers who came to America in 1928. Clockwise from top left are Karl Wallenda, Helen Wallenda, Joe Geiger and Herman Wallenda. A promotional poster shows the orginal performers who came to America in 1928. Clockwise from top left are Karl Wallenda, Helen Wallenda, Joe Geiger and Herman Wallenda.
Photos: Wallenda family amazes through the years
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"Fear is debilitating," Wallenda said. "It makes it so it's almost impossible. You overreact and that will cause you to fall."
Wallenda, who hails from multiple generations of high-flying daredevils, had a near fall as he stumbled on a tightrope above Baltimore's Inner Harbor earlier this year.
His great-grandfather Karl Wallenda was killed at the age of 73 attempting to walk between two buildings in Puerto Rico in 1978.
Friday's event was broadcast on ABC.

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