Cat on a high tensile wire.

Iconic Niagara Falls has a long history of what my mom would call "honky tonk." The crazy carnival Ripley's Believe It or Not atmosphere dates back over a century.
For years tightrope walkers routinely crossed the Niagara River near the Falls. Between 1859 and 1891 so many tightrope walkers crossed the river that laws were eventually passed forbidding stunts, thus making Samuel Dixon the most recent daredevil to conquer the Falls on a tightrope.
Now Nik Wallenda (of the Flying Wallendas) wants a go at history. And the governor of the State of New York has signed a law allowing it. As an added twist, Wallenda's crossing will be about 700 additional feet in length due to the fact that, for the first time in history, the tightrope will cross at the Falls instead of slightly up- or down- stream.
Janice Thompson, chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission, verbs a noun and makes, I think, the best statement about the whole event: "This decision was approved in part in recognition of the role that stunting has played in the history and promotion of Niagara Falls.

"We have made it clear that this is a very unique one-time situation. It's not an everyday activity and will not be allowed to become an everyday activity."