Just days after announcing plans for a walk over the Grand Canyon, daredevil Nik Wallenda returned to Niagara Falls Friday. At Niagara Falls State Park, State Senator George Maziarz said plans are moving forward for a plaque on Terrapin Point commemorating Wallenda's walk last summer over the Horseshoe Falls.
The 34-year-old daredevil, known as the "King of The Highwire," says he considers Niagara Falls his second home.
"It's an honor to be honored like this," Wallenda said.
During his visit, the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce will be presenting Wallenda with the business group's "Visionary of the Year" award.
Wallenda will be walking over the Grand Canyon June 23. He will not wear a safety tether, as he was required to do when he traversed the Falls.
The daredevil talked about the specific training he'll be doing for the Canyon walk to deal with the area's "very strange directional winds."
" I consider them all serious. I consider them all just as dangerous as the last. My great grandfather lost his life walking on a wire," Wallenda said.
Friday is the 35th anniversary of Karl Wallenda's death. Wallenda, at the age of 73, fell 121 feet from a wire on March 22, 1978 as he attempted to walk between the two towers of the ten-story hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.