BBC

Blondin Of Niagara Falls And Ealing

With the preponderance of mass and social media, witnessing death-defying exploits is easier than ever. This programme looks back at the granddaddy of all risk-takers, Charles Blondin, who made the ...
Mental Floss

The Man Who Tightroped Niagara Falls on Stilts

Long before Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on a high wire—decades, in fact, before Nik’s grandfather, Karl, even founded the Flying Wallendas—there was Blondin. Born Jean Francois Gravelet, the ...
The Royal Gazette

Stepping out to beat the Great Blondin

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) – For more than 40 years, visitors to this tourist town have gazed upward to a fibreglass likeness of 19th century tightrope walker Charles Blondin occupying not only his ...
The New York Times

BLONDIN AT NIAGARA.; He Grosses the River Twice on a Tight Rope The Scene of the Exploit The Preparations and the Achievement.

Correspondence of the New-York Times. New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. *Does not include Games ...
BBC

Blondin of Niagara Falls and Ealing

4 Extra Debut. Hardeep Singh Kohli follows in the footsteps of tightrope-walking pioneer Charles Blondin, famous for his crossing of Niagara Falls. From July 2009. Show more Hardeep Singh Kohli walks ...