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PostPosted: Mon 18:05, 19 Aug 2013    Post subject: Wallenda's dad says son is 'thrilled' to carry on

Wallenda's dad says son is 'thrilled' to carry on family wire walking tradition,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
TORONTO - When Nik Wallenda steps out onto a cable Friday night, balanced 60 metres above the churning foot of Niagara Falls,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he won't be alone.
He'll have his father acting as both a calming presence and a technical advisor, talking to him through an ear piece, and he will also carry with him the legacy of all seven generations of daredevil Wallendas.
"I don't think it's a lot of pressure, I think for him it's a lot of pleasure," Terry Troffer said in an interview. ET will be broadcast live on ABC,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with CTV carrying it in Canada.
The American broadcaster is partly funding Wallenda's walk, which Wallenda estimates is around $1.3 million with fabrication and installation of the custom-made steel wire, permits and security on both sides of the border,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], travel and marketing.
But ABC also requested he wear a tether in case something goes wrong. It's not to Wallenda's liking,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"If anything it makes me nervous to wear a tether,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said at a press conference this week.
"Never in my life have I worn a tether (during a stunt) so it's just an added thing on my mind."
Wallenda says in his mind the tether won't even be there,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"It will follow along and trail behind me,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said. "In no way does that harness keep me on the wire whatsoever. The only thing it does is guarantee I cannot plummet to my death."
While the "only thing" ensuring Wallenda won't die on live television attracts his scorn,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the death of famed Wallenda patriarch Karl Wallenda hangs over the family.
He died in 1978 while performing a wire-walking stunt in Puerto Rico,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. The family says misconnected wires caused him to fall and plunge to his death,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"Having the privilege of knowing Karl myself and working for him I knew that one of his priorities was keeping the family name going and Nik is just fulfilling that to the greatest extent,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Troffer said.
As a teenager in Sarasota,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Fla.,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Troffer got involved with a local circus school and heard that Karl Wallenda was hiring boys to erect and dismantle circus equipment.
Troffer called him up, got a job,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ended up walking wires and marrying Karl Wallenda's daughter. He performed for 36 years and is excited now to be his son's support.相关的主题文章:


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