‘The only place I feel alive is on the wire.’ -Karl Wellenda 1977, at age 72, walked a 720-foot cable about 2 football fields - from the Miami Fountainebleau to the Eden Roc Hotel, 170 feet above the ground crowds of people watched the marvelous feat of balance, the walk ‘the toughest stunt of his life’ up to that point Puerto Rico, one year later, 73, went flying not from age, or misstep, but the gust of wind off the Caribbean & the poorly strung guy-wire live TV, dropped 120 feet, hit his head on a parked taxi, & five minutes later pronounced no great surprise Karl, the founder of The Flying Wallendas wanted to finish the journey in the same way he lived - no risk, wasted life disclaimer foolish risk? life wasted 1.5 10/9
Testing the Limits
28
Mar