Daredevil tightrope walker Nik Wallenda, 35, completed two skyscraper high-wire walks on live TV Sunday evening: The first walk at more than 500 ft over the Chicago River, and the second blindfolded, without a safety net or a harness.
Kidogo, a 12-year-old silverback gorilla, gave an unexpected demonstration of tightrope-walking skills at the Krefeld Zoo, Germany. Keepers had provided the gorilla with a tightrope to hang from, but to their amazement, he began walking on the rope.
A slackline walker, Dean Potter, crossed the Enshi Grand Canyon in China's Hubei Province on a rope just 2 centimeters thick. The American crossed a distance of 40 m (132 ft) in about 2 minutes at a dizzying height of 1,800m (5905 ft) above sea level.