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A death defying took place on August 28 more than 26 stories the ground in the Bahamas. Nik Wallenda, 31, a.k.a. The King of The High Wire, the Guinness World Record for the highest bicycle ride without a net. Crowds watched with their hearts in their mouths 79 metres below as Nik cycled 31 metres between two towers of the Atlantis resort. As if this wasn’t enough of an rush for him, he also decided to go for a 610-metre, 20-minute walk along the high wire, a 76 metres up. This broke his own personal best . Nik described it after as “the longest walk of my life”. He decided to make the walk just a little by walking above an ocean pool full of sharks and piranhas.

Mr Wallenda is a seventh high wire star. He comes from a long line of trapeze performers and acrobats that back to 1780. He is the great-grandson of the Karl Wallenda, who fell to his death during a high wire walk in Puerto Rico in 1978 aged 73. Nik told reporters: "Against all I walked on that wire today. There was in the area, high winds, and it was the first walk without my father. It was one of the decisions I ever made in my life…But my family history and my family is that the must go on." He also spoke about his future plans: "I want to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon, and I have the to do it," he said.