Nik Wallenda tests his wire before walking a tightrope more than two city blocks and 600 feet in the air across the Chicago River from the Marina City west tower to the Leo Burnett Building, crossing the distance in 6:51 minutes, on November 2, 2014 in Chicago. The walk was at a 19-degree incline across the Chicago River making it the steepest incline for tightrope walking between two buildings ever made. Wallenda set a second world record with a second blindfolded walk between the two Marina City towers, which at more than 500 feet high, was the highest blindfolded high wire walk ever recorde
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Nik Wallenda tests his wire before walking a tightrope more than two city blocks and 600 feet in the air across the Chicago River from the Marina City west tower to the Leo Burnett Building, crossing the distance in 6:51 minutes, on November 2, 2014 in Chicago. The walk was at a 19-degree incline across the Chicago River making it the steepest incline for tightrope walking between two buildings ever made. Wallenda set a second world record with a second blindfolded walk between the two Marina City towers, which at more than 500 feet high, was the highest blindfolded high wire walk ever recorded. UPI/Brian Kersey