Karl Wallenda

Karl Wallenda, the organizer of The Flying Wallendas, was a German-American high wire craftsman. He was instructed to adjust on a tightrope, bike a tightrope, and walk a tightrope as part of a seven-man pyramid. Graphic rope fall led to artist’s death Wallenda played his tricks despite being busy with numerous disasters at his family’s … Read more

Karl Wallenda, the author of The Flying Wallendas, was a German-American high wire craftsman. He was raised to fit on a tightrope, ride a bike on a tightrope, and walk a tightrope as part of a seven-man pyramid. At 73, Wallenda took a walk on a cable stretched 121 feet above the walkway between the … Read more