Nik Wallenda’s Incredible Act of Faith – Guideposts

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“Facing an impossible situation, try doing what he did.”  Admin

I watched it, though I didn’t think I would (or maybe didn’t think I could). I’m talking about Nik Wallenda’s epic and incredibly inspiring high-wire walk across the Grand Canyon Sunday night, broadcast live on the Discovery Channel.

Right up until a few minutes before he stepped out on the wire 1,500 feet above the canyon I wasn’t sure I could bear to see the legendary aerialist (and father of three) flirt with catastrophe.

This has been troubling me ever since we decided to publish Nik’s piece in our June issue about his life on the wire and his plan to do what no one else had ever dared. Even as we were preparing the piece some months ago I was asking my editors, “What if he falls?” I was afraid he was practically writing his own obituary in Guideposts.

 

Finally, a few minutes before the walk was to begin, I turned to the Discovery Channel. Nik was close to starting. I kept my thumb on the off button. If he fell I was going to turn off the TV immediately.

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