This post contains some image highlights from event day for Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon. It is construction related only in that it culminates my six-day construction photo shoot for two customers. The previous six posts chronicle my brand photography for the installation of Nik's cable.
Above: Performing one of his signature moves, Nik takes a knee before scrambling across the final 50 feet of cable.
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Media presence had been increasing every day of the cable installation.
By day seven, event day, it was a literal media frenzy. NBC, Discovery
Channel and affiliates ruled the roost and had everything at the site
in complete lockdown. I was relegated to a single position
approximately 150 feet from the canyon's edge on the mainland side.
Below (2): NBC's Natalie Morales and Willie Geist prepare to give the play-by-play account of Nik's Grand Canyon tightrope walk during 'Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda' while a Discovery Channel celebrity provides live pre-event coverage.
Below (2): Nik suits-up then gives a wave to the crowd before heading to the helicopter.
Below (2): Nik making his historic trek across the canyon, 1250 feet above the Little Colorado River riverbed. Wind gusts upwards of 48 miles per hour were recorded just prior to Nik stepping onto the cable.
Below (4): After the successful trek, Nik and his father, Terry, spent some time with the linemen and their families in between press conferences.
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Nik spent the Friday morning before his walk at the site in live interviews with Natalie Morales and Willie Geist on Today.
Below (2): Nik in some pensive moments between breaks with Today.
Below (2): Natalie Morales: in between Today show segments.
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