Day one of the cable install for Nik Wallenda's high-wire tightrope walk over the Grand canyon found crew members unpacking, assembling, and positioning critical hardware and equipment on the ‘mainland’ side of the job site with the project engineers in attendance.
Above: A view of the primary work site perched on the south rim of the Little Colorado River.
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Below (1): Assembling the mainland cable cradle.
Below (1): Installing the leader rope spool for winding onto the puller truck.
Below (1): Aligning the puller truck.
Below (3): Coiling the leader rope onto the puller truck.
Below (1): Fine tuning one of the micropile anchoring cables.
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