A grand daredevil

Nik Wallenda made a terrifying, 23-minute tightrope trek across a quarter-mile chasm near the Grand Canyon

Wallenda
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On Sunday, Nik Wallenda walked across a quarter-mile chasm near the Grand Canyon, with only a 2-inch-thick steel cable between him and a 1,500-foot fall. "It took every bit of me to stay focused that entire time," Wallenda told Reuters.

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Monica Nickelsburg is a digital producer for TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for Transient Pictures, The Daily Beast, NBC, and Forbes. Follow her @mnickelsburg.