'I could fall to my death:' tightrope walker Wallenda readies to cross active volcano


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  • Friday, 28 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Aerialist Nik Wallenda holds a sample of a wire while he speaks with media as he prepares for a highwire walk over Times Square in New York, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

(Reuters) - Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda fears the worst-possible outcome as he prepares for his latest high wire act - trekking across a live volcano in Nicaragua on Wednesday. "I could fall to my death."

But the 41-year old member of the seven-generation family of daredevils, The Flying Wallendas, is taking it in stride.

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