Nik Wallenda answers burning questions about walking on a wire over a volcano
on three separate TVs, hang a clothesline over them, walk across it, and hope that this a fairly accurate recreation of the situation you’ll be facing?How active is this volcano, on a scale from gurgling lava lake inferno to one puff of gas every 18 months?
Pretty much. We try to simulate heat, we try to simulate gasses with smoke machines at our indoor training facility. So far, I don’t think birds are brave enough to go out there, so I’m not too worried about bird poop. What conditions could creep up on Wednesday night that would prompt you to call off the event? Say, for example,Well, eruption would certainly be one of those things. There’s no walking a wire in full volcanic eruption. And my father [Terry Troffer], who’s my safety coordinator, he’s the one who makes those decisions with weather or any issue like that.The wire deterioration — those acids are eating through the wire quicker than expected.Correct.
In the wire-walking community, is a tether considered a wimpy move, or is it actually very sensible and "Good for you for taking care of yourself!"?
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