02-17-2012, 06:30 AM
soon-to-be-dead fool---->
Nik Wallenda, 33, pictured, part of the seventh generation of the Flying Wallenda family of circus performers, had already secured support from America and has now been given the go ahead by Canada. Wallenda, who has been tightrope-walking since he was two-years-old, hopes to tackle the gorge this summer and says he will be the first person ever to cross directly over the falls.
![[Image: falls.gif]](http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k615/26witch/falls.gif)
![[Image: article-2102170-11C641FC000005DC-389_636x333.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/17/article-2102170-11C641FC000005DC-389_636x333.jpg)
Nik Wallenda, 33, pictured, part of the seventh generation of the Flying Wallenda family of circus performers, had already secured support from America and has now been given the go ahead by Canada. Wallenda, who has been tightrope-walking since he was two-years-old, hopes to tackle the gorge this summer and says he will be the first person ever to cross directly over the falls.