Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon Tightrope Walk Lights Up Twitter (Video)

Nik Wallenda successfully walked across the Grand Canyon on a two inch-wide tightrope on live television Sunday night with no safety nets or harnesses as Twitter users live-blogged the unbelievable feat.

A seventh-generation member of the "Flying Wallendas" family of acrobats, the 34-year-old Sarasota, Fla., resident teamed up with the Discovery Channel for the history-making stunt. Outfitted with a balancing pole and a microphone, Nik Wallenda walked across the Grand Canyon on a quarter mile-long tightrop suspended 1,500-feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge.

His biggest obstacle was the unpredictable wind, which forced him to crouch down to the wire at one point.

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"It was way more windy, and it took every bit of me to stay focused the entire time," he told reporters after the walk.

Twitter was ablaze Sunday as Wallenda's Skywire special aired live on Discovery.

Last nights #skywire on @Discovery was the most intense 22 minutes of live TV @ihearttampa & I have ever seen. Congratulations @NikWallenda

— Danny Kushmer (@DannyKushmer) June 24, 2013

Nil Wallenda could definitely pass a sobriety test.

— Dominic (@SaucyBeingSaucy) June 24, 2013

Apparently some psycho walked across a tightrope over the Grand Canyon. Suicide. Of course Americans would broadcast it. #skywire

— Annie (@Banannie8288) June 24, 2013

Anyone think @NikWallenda will eventually get his own "cable" show? #skywire

— Spencer Blake (@spencerjblake) June 24, 2013

Natalie Morales just said, if Wallenda falls, "it's likely fatal". Likely? He's 1500 feet in the air.

— Keith Murphy (@MurphyKeith) June 24, 2013

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