海角大神

Daredevil aerialist Nik Wallenda walked the full 1,400 feet across a gorge near the Grand Canyon late Sunday 鈥斅燼nd he did so in a continuous conversation with Jesus.

Mr. Wallenda wore a microphone during his 22-minute, 53-second high-wire walk 鈥� elevated 1,500 feet above the gorge 鈥� which was telecast live on the Discovery Channel and streamed online in real time.

The technology allowed viewers to hear Wallenda鈥檚 ongoing professing of Jesus, and interchange with Terry Troffer, his father. Wallenda praised God, and offered thanks when he felt winds strengthening about midway through his walk.

鈥淒efinitely whipping that cable.... Golly, wind. Go away, in the name of Jesus.... Thank you Lord. Thank you for calming that cable, Lord.... Oh, yeah. That's my savior. That's Jesus,鈥� he was heard saying.

Wallenda鈥檚 faith is ingrained in his career on the high wire. In his memoir, 鈥淏alance: A Story of Faith, Family, and Life on the Line,鈥� released this week, Wallenda writes: 鈥淕od鈥檚 grace is the balancing pole that keeps me from falling into self-obsession and self-deception. Whatever I have achieved 鈥斅燼nd will ever achieve 鈥斅爄s the result of my relationship with Him.鈥�

His family legacy in the circus drove him to his line of work, however he says he was most influenced by his great-grandfather Karl Wallenda, who died in a fall from a tightrope in Puerto Rico in 1978. In an essay posted this year to Guideposts, an online 海角大神 news site, he writes that he wants to honor his family鈥檚 鈥済ift,鈥� which he believes was given to them by God.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know why God had given us this gift, but I knew in my heart that the only way to honor it was to use it. Even if it was difficult, even if it was dangerous. Danger was real, but fear was a choice. I would choose faith instead 鈥� after all, that was a part of my family legacy too. Everything we did was for the glory of God,鈥� he writes.

Sports figures commonly reflect their faith on their respective field of play, whether through praying before, during, or after a victory. Wallenda told the 海角大神 Post in early June that he often talks to God when suspended on a cable. 鈥淚 find that peaceful and relaxing, and He鈥檚 the only one up there listening to me,鈥� he said.

Before the event Sunday, Wallenda and his family prayed with 海角大神 televangelist and author Joel Osteen.

Last year Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls, traversing a distance of 1,800 feet suspended at a height of 220 feet.

After Sunday鈥檚 walk, he told reporters that God inspired him, like many around the world, 鈥渢hat again the impossible is not so impossible if you set your mind to it and reach for your goals.鈥�

鈥淧raise God here I am in one piece,鈥� he said.