On 30 June 1859 Frenchman Charles Blondin (1824-1897) famously crossed Niagara Gorge, on the border between the USA and Canada, on a tightrope. The Gorge is 1100 ft. long and over 160 ft. above the water. This was merely the beginning of the ways he would perform the stunt however. How else did he do it?
Answer: Blondin’s variations of the journey included doing it while blindfolded, on stilts, in a sack, trundling a wheelbarrow and while carrying a man on his back. On one crossing he even sat down midway and, no less, made an omelette.
Source: Niagara by Pierre Berton
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