What a nutjob. Just watched it. I was sure he was going to fall. 

Yes. I am a sucker for stuff like this. Love watching these stunts. It was good. He made it look too easy would be my criticism. I don't know how he does it. In the family genes I guess.

Right! He could have least have given us a little heart stopping wobble in the middle! It looked like his feet were clued to the wire. 

sharke
Right! He could have least have given us a little heart stopping wobble in the middle! It looked like his feet were clued to the wire. 

If this was really dangerous as you describe it to be, I wouldn't screw around and stunt in the middle of something quite serious even though it's supposedly entertainment. Not worth dying over if he can do it with no screw ups.
 
Did he at least have a net below him or something?

No net. He would have to grab on and hold the wire until his safety crew came and rescued him. But he would have to grab the wire, otherwise about a 15-story  65-story drop.

KenB123
No net. He would have to grab on and hold the wire until his safety crew came and rescued him. But he would have to grab the wire, otherwise about a 15-story drop.

Oh, well I guess people won't be satisfied until they see someone die. *evil laughs*

His grandfather died doing a tightrope walk between two buildings in Puerto Rico in the 70's. The clip is on YouTube. It's painful to watch. There was something wrong with the tension in the wire and he just starts wobbling and can't get out of it. He crouches down to steady himself but topples right over. A futile attempt to grab the wire comes to nothing and he plummets to his death. Live on TV. 

DragonBlood

KenB123
No net. He would have to grab on and hold the wire until his safety crew came and rescued him. But he would have to grab the wire, otherwise about a 15-story drop.

Oh, well I guess people won't be satisfied until they see someone die. *evil laughs*

One only has to browse Liveleak.com on a regular basis for that. One minute you're watching a funny cat video and the next you're viewing something that keeps you awake for a week...such is the nature of the internet. 

sharke
His grandfather died doing a tightrope walk between two buildings in Puerto Rico in the 70's. The clip is on YouTube. It's painful to watch. There was something wrong with the tension in the wire and he just starts wobbling and can't get out of it. He crouches down to steady himself but topples right over. A futile attempt to grab the wire comes to nothing and he plummets to his death. Live on TV. 

Yep.  I saw it live on TV.  Landed on a taxi and, apparently, was alive for a few minutes before passing away due to massive internal injuries.
 
It's just in the family blood and Nik has been quoted when he was younger as saying doing these things are as natural to him as riding a bike is to other kids.  No thanks!

The recent walk was televised by Discovery Channel and had a 10-second delay. This delay was intentional. In case he were to fall, they would cut-away.  But you could be sure that YouTube would have been glutted with many non-edited spectator movies. 
 
My earlier comment about how he made it look too easy should hopefully not diminish the difficulty of this stunt. It's just weird though watching this stunt being performed and the whole time he is mic'ed up and talking to his father, the announcers, and generally giving the audience a first-person 'play-by-play' while it is taking place. Almost felt like a casual walk in the park for him. He even had plans to take a 'selfie' during the walk, but due to wind flutter he opted for safety instead of getting too cocky out there.