Man Casually Spends His Sunday Tightrope Walking Blindfolded Between Buildings

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CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 02: Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda starts out on his wire walk from Marina City's west tower to the top of the 671-foot-tall Leo Burnett building on November 2, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. The walk, which spans 454 feet, is the highest and steepest skyscraper walk in the history of the Flying Wallenda family. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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While you were watching Gilmore Girls on Netflix and snuggling under your coziest blanket on Sunday, professional daredevil Nik Wallenda was walking across a tightrope suspended between buildings in Chicago. Oh yeah, and he was partially blindfolded.

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Death-defying stunts run in the family: Wallenda is a seventh-generation aerialist. And you thought the time your dad was on The Price Is Right was cool.

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Man Tightropes Blindfolded Between Buildings