GC7GDAP Walkin The High-Wire (Prince of the Air) (Traditional Cache) in Illinois, United States created by Greenback

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Hidden : 12/26/2017

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Websters Dictionary Definition of High-wire Act:
A circus performance on a high wire; sometimes used figuratively to refer to something that is difficult or dangerous.In this case you'll be asked to do nothing dangerous, although those darn wires may mess with your GPS signal, if you use one of those things.

Jay Cochrane (Prince of the Air), Canadian, set multiple records for skywalking, including The Great China Skywalk[9] in Qutang Gorge, China, 639-metre-long (2,098 ft), 410-metre-high (1,340 ft) from one cliff wall to the opposite side above the Yangtze River; the longest and highest blindfolded skywalk, 800-foot-long (240 m), 300-foot-high (91 m) in 1998, between the towers of the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, and broadcast on FOX Network's "Guinness World Records: Primetime" on Tuesday, February 23, 1999; In 2001, he became the first person to perform a skywalk in Niagara Falls, Canada, in more than a hundred years. His final performances took place during Skywalk 2012[10] with a world record submission[11] of 11.81 miles (19.01 km) in cumulative distance skywalking from the Skylon Tower at a height of 520 feet (160 m) traversing the 1,300 feet (400 m) highwire to the pinnacle of the Hilton Fallsview Hotel at 581 feet (177 m).