Extreme Tightrope

Extreme Tightrope — page 1 — Walking High What is high wire walking What are the three types of high wire walking Who is Marco Polo Who is Freddy Nock Who is Aisikaier Wubulikasimu Marco Polo stayed balanced He waved He walked across the ropes outside of the big top It s the main circus tent A circus is a traveling show Tightrope walkers usually perform inside tents Not Polo His tightrope walking acts are a hit He balances on chairs He fakes slipping He wears washing baskets on his feet He performs 10 times a week Polo is from Mexico He said Circuses run in the

Extreme Tightrope — page 2 — I was always interested in the high wire High wire is walking on a tightrope in high places It can be done anywhere Wire just needs to be stretched between two points Tightrope walking in a circus is artificial This means man made Wires are strung between poles It s a type of high wire walking High wire walkers are at least 20 feet 6 m above

Extreme Tightrope — page 3 — a Tightrope walkers study nature Freddy Nock had to get used to the mountain air Freddy Nock walked across a tightrope He walked between two mountaintops He walked across cable car wires He was 9 800 feet 2 987 meters high He set records He had the highest tightrope walk He crossed over 1 000 feet 305 m He didn't use supports He crossed in 39 minutes He said I was not scared The important thing is to feel the

Extreme Tightrope — page 4 — Nock practiced natural high wire walking These tightrope walkers use objects in nature They walk across valleys waterfalls and mountains It s also called skywalking NAILED IT Spotlight Biography Adili Wuxor Adili Wuxor is the Prince of Tightrope Walking He started at age eight He doesn't use safety gear He said In my family's 450 years of history as tightrope walkers we have never once used a safety rope At age 20 he almost died His rope snapped He fell 65 feet 20 m He broke 17 bones He started tightrope walking again He walks on long steel wires now He has several world records He spent 60 days walking on a tightrope He crossed mountain valleys He crossed rivers He danced He walked blindfolded He walked across a 5 020 foot long 1 530 m tightrope He was 2 172 feet 662 m high He walked over another tightrope walker They met midair They were 853 feet 260 m high Their tightrope was 1 082 feet 330 m long It was stretched between two buildings Wuxor learned from his father His daughter is learning from

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