BoddaH1994 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Rick Wallenda who just broke the world highwire skywalk record at a distance of 2,000ft will be live on Good Morning America via satellite from Kings Island July 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Rick Wallenda who just broke the world highwire skywalk record at a distance of 2,000ft will be live on Good Morning America via satellite from Kings Island July 5th. Huh? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269761,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Maybe in alternate worlds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 See also: http://singaporenews.wordpress.com/2008/03...wire-challenge/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats to Mr.Wallenda world record or not still an incredible feat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Indeed it is.... No doubt the walk will be promoted as world's record in some way...perhaps size of cable, lack of net, etc...but it is not a record for distance alone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Indeed it is.... No doubt the walk will be promoted as world's record in some way...perhaps size of cable, lack of net, etc...but it is not a record for distance alone... Congrats to Rick! The man is brave, you have to give him that. 112 feet up on a cable that's less than 1 inch thick, and the whole thing with no net! Now, I don't know how deep the fountain that he was walking over is, but I can guess that it'd still hurt quite a bit if he had fallen. Again, Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13659 Okay, so Rick's granddad DID break a world record with his Kings Island walk many years ago...and Rick was trying to break his grandfather's record. And he did. Nowhere does it say that Rick was setting a world's record, only that he was trying to break his granddad's world's record set at Kings Island in 1974. That makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Indeed it is.... No doubt the walk will be promoted as world's record in some way...perhaps size of cable, lack of net, etc...but it is not a record for distance alone... Congrats to Rick! The man is brave, you have to give him that. 112 feet up on a cable that's less than 1 inch thick, and the whole thing with no net! Now, I don't know how deep the fountain that he was walking over is, but I can guess that it'd still hurt quite a bit if he had fallen. Again, Congrats! It's about 3 or 4 feet deep. You can walk in it with waders on. That's how they used to put the fireworks up around the fountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...40021/1055/NEWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I can not believe there no youtube of this event yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 There's video at the third link below! WLW gets it right: http://www.700wlw.com/cc-common/news/secti...article=3915745 As does the AP by way of WKYC: http://www.wkyc.com/news/state/ohio/news_a...11&catid=23 While The Kentucky Post does NOT: http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/s...b2-446e285895a6 BUT, note the Kentucky Post link includes raw video! To sum up, Rick beat his granddad's world record walk, but he did not set a world record. This is not to diminish his incredible feat, but it is important to hype things correctly....which I bet the park has. I have, however, seen Rick quoted as saying he set a world record last night. That doesn't mean he said that either. The press is not always right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 The spot on GMA: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5313549 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TombraiderTy Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 As The Interpreter said, it was probably a world-record in some way. And I loved how he did the interview when standing on the wire! That just made my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 I talked to a park official yesterday asking what record was broken, apparently it was the distance record. According to most accepted standards, 5/8" is the standard highwire diameter. The link that Interpreter posted was for a wire over an inch thick. I mean come on... they high has well have been walking on an I-Beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 The 75 foot Eiffel Tower? King's Amusement Park? ...Circus performer Nik Wallenda - the seventh generation of a family famed for its high wire acts - climbed the 75 foot 'Eiffel Tower' in the Kings' Amusement Park, Cincinnati. ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...safety-net.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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