I understand that someone named Wallenda is going to walk over Niagara Falls on a tightrope. I further understand that he is going to be wearing a tether so there is no actual danger.
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Now it should probably be clarified that the tether was not his idea. So I am not saying he is a pussy-ass pussy here. Some government laid down the law that it was either a tether or no-go. Lawyers are at the root of it, you know that. Dude falls off the rope into the maelstrom and there are going to be 15 different kinds of idiotic lawsuits. You know that.
Anyway, I guess there is money in it for the dude either way so he didn't do the manly thing and say fok you. He should have but I don't begrudge the guy making a buck I guess.
I can't think of anything more useless though: tightrope walking with a tether. The whole point of tightrope walking is the danger. Someone does a tightrope act and you say, "Man that guy's got some balls."
That's the point.
But dude does it with a tether and then what do you say? "Man that guy has some reasonably good balance. I mean I guess he should; he has been practicing that ridiculous obscure skill his whole life. And that tightrope is actually quite a bit thicker than I would have imagined so it's not like walking on an actual rope. But still, I wouldn't want to challenge him to a contest to see who could walk the furthest along the curb without stepping off because he would probably win because he definitely has some good balance."
Stupid fucking spectacle.