Have you heard about recent Guinness World Records accomplished in Chicago by Nik Wallenda? This 35-year-old tightrope walker completed two high-wire walks between Chicago skyscrapers breaking two world records. One for steepest incline and another for highest walk blindfolded. What’s more, he has done it without any safety net or a harness, despite wind which blowed around 40km/h at that time. It wasn’t the first time when this daredevil, how he is often called, amazed people around the world. On 200 8, Nick broke the world record for the highest and longest bike ride on a high wire. He is also the first person who walked on wire directly over Niagara fall (2012) and crossed the Great Canyon (2013). But how did this extraordinary hobby start? Let’s get back to year 1905. That year Nick’s great-grandfather Karl Wallenda was born in an old circus family. As tradition said he started performing at the age of six. His career quickened when ...