NEW YORK (AP) — Intense heat, poisonous gasses, molten lava make the conditions for Nik Wallenda's latest tightrope walk downright hellish, and that's just the way he wants it.
Wallenda will traverse atop a 1,300-foot-long high wire, the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua on Wednesday in a stunt that he says will go on, no matter how bad the conditions get.
Wallenda tells The Associated Press that he's been preparing for the stunt by walking a tightrope blindfolded and using a wind machine to simulate conditions he expects to face.
The walk will be broadcast live on ABC in a two-hour special that begins at 8 p.m.
