Published: November 29, 2018
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Charles Blondin (aka Jean François Gravelet) was a tightrope acrobat who reached peak fame when he successfully walked on a rope strung across Niagara gorge in 1859. The nerve-wracking trip was 340 metres long and the rope was set 49 metres above the waters below.
He repeated the stunt numerous times, getting progressively bolder in the process. He did it blindfolded, walking on stilts, carting his manager on his back, pushing a wheelbarrow, cooking an omelette halfway across, walking in a sack, and standing on a chair with one of its legs perched on the rope.
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