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Daredevil Nik Wallenda completes 1800-foot journey across Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, New York, June 15 (AFP) Famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda completed Friday the first walk across Niagara Falls in more than a century, braving winds and heavy spray in his historic feat.

Wallenda's walk, on a cable suspended 196 feet (60 meters) up over a never-before-traversed rim of famous falls, took 25 minutes.

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