Lyudmila and Ivan Druzhina, Moscow State Circus, 1988. Lyudmila and Ivan performed on the high wire but are now retired. One legendary high wire walker was The Great Blondin who walked across the Niagara Falls on a wire 50 metres above the roaring water. He gave his manager a piggy-back ride across; next he rolled a barrel across while blindfolded, and afterwards walked halfway across, cooked and ate an omelette, and continued to the other side.
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