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Nik Wallenda walked two wires strung 50 feet above Chicago in November 2014.
Nik Wallenda walked two wires strung 50 feet above Chicago in November 2014. (Photo: Dave Pape/Flickr)

Wallenda to Walk on Ferris Wheel

Stunt planned for April 29

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Nik Wallenda announced in September that his next stunt would take place high above Chicago.
(Photo: Dave Pape/Flickr)

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Daredevil Nik Wallenda announced on Monday that he will walk on the spinning Orlando Eye, a 400-foot-tall observation wheel set to open next month, .听

During the stunt, set for April 29, Wallenda plans to walk without a safety harness or balancing pole along the wheel鈥檚 outer rim as it spins. Wallenda will ride a passenger capsule to the top. He has not yet determined how long he will walk. A full revolution of the wheel would take about 20 minutes.

Wallenda鈥檚 previous stunts include a walk on wires 50 stories above the streets of Chicago聽in November 2014 and a quarter-mile tightrope walk 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon in June 2013.

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