2017年8月16日 · JEAN FRANCOIS GRAVELET was known as The Great Blondin and was the first of a host of tightrope walkers that eventually found their way to Niagara Falls. Blondin was …

Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing …

2011年10月18日 · New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation permitting Nik Wallenda —self-proclaimed “King of the High Wire” and descendant of the legendary Flying …

He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, and is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls. Wallenda walked 1,800 feet …

2010年7月21日 · Jean Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known professionally as Charles Blondin, becomes the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. The feat,...

Tightrope walking across the Niagara gorge has been popular with daredevils since the 1800s. Funambulists have used many gimmicks to cross the wires, including stilts, bicycles and …

On June 30 1859, Blondin successfully walked across the river on a tight rope. During the summer of 1859, he completed eight additional crossings. His most difficult crossing occurred …

Henry Bellini was the first daredevil to combine a tightrope walk and a leap into the river below in one spectacle. Read how he did it and if he survived.

Wallenda is part of the seventh generation of the legendary Great Wallendas, and it was his lifetime goal to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls. Stunting in Niagara Falls State Park had …

Blondin (born February 28, 1824, Hesdin, France—died February 22, 1897, Little Ealing, near London, England) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat who owed his celebrity and …