AP Photos: Wallenda’s trek across Niagara Falls

By The Associated Press

Published June 16, 2012 6:03am ET

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AP Photos: Wallenda’s trek across Niagara Falls — Nik Wallenda greets fans after inspecting the wire prior to his walk across Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda will attempt what nobody has done before: A high wire walk directly over the precipice at Niagara Falls and 190 feet (58 meters) above the churning torrent below. (AP Photo/David Duprey) | David Duprey

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) — With thousands of fans riveted on his every step, daredevil Nik Wallenda walks 1,800 feet on a tightrope spanning across the mist-fogged Niagara Falls.

The crowds watched as he prepared on the U.S. side of the roaring falls, made his cautious decline toward the wettest portion of wire and then up toward the Canadian side.

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