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High-wire performer Nik Wallenda announces his latest stunt at the 400-foot Orlando Eye, during a news conference, in New York, Monday, April 13, 2015. Wallenda says he'll walk untethered on top of an Orlando, Florida observation wheel on April 29. The daredevil has previously crossed Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon and the divide between two Chicago skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Nik Wallenda plans to walk on 400-foot Orlando observation wheel

Associated Press

Daredevil Nik Wallenda makes his tightrope walk uphill at a 15-degree angle, from the Marina City west tower across the Chicago River to the top of the Leo Burnett Building, past the Aqua Building, background, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Nik Wallenda completes Chicago skyscraper wire walks

By Carla K. Johnson - Associated Press

Wire walker eyes 2015 date to cross Georgia gorge

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

FILE -I n this July 18, 1970 file photo, Karl Wallenda walks across the cable at the nearly 1,000-foot deep Tallulah Gorge, Ga. His great-grandson Nik Wallenda hopes to accomplish the same feat in the near future. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)

High-wire walker sets sights on Georgia gorge

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

FILE -I n this July 18, 1970 file photo, Karl Wallenda walks across the cable at the nearly 1,000-foot deep Tallulah Gorge, Ga. His great-grandson Nik Wallenda hopes to accomplish the same feat in the near future. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)

High-wire walker sets sights on Georgia gorge

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Discovery Channel, aerialist Nik Wallenda walks a 2-inch-thick steel cable taking him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge, Ariz. on Sunday, June 23, 2013. The daredevil successfully traversed the tightrope strung 1,500 feet above the chasm near the Grand Canyon in just more than 22 minutes, pausing and crouching twice as winds whipped around him and the cable swayed. (AP Photos/Discovery Channel, Tiffany Brown)

Nik Wallenda walks tightrope high over Ariz. gorge

By Felicia Fonseca - The Washington Times

Rick Wallenda to perform during Evel Knievel Days

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Spectators and press gather June 15, 2012, to see the 550-meter tightrope stretching across Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Nik Wallenda was expected later that evening to attempt to walk the length of the rope. (Associated Press/The Canadian Press)

Niagara Falls crowd builds for Wallenda wire walk

Associated Press

Wallendas have rich history, not without tragedy

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press