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Daredevil Wallenda Walks The Wheel

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ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) - Four hundred feet above terra firma, daredevil Nik Wallenda successfully walked the rim of the Orlando Eye observation wheel Wednesday morning.

The 36-year-old started his walk shortly after 8 a.m. atop the city's newest attraction, which is set to open to the public early next month.

He rode to the top of the wheel, then navigated up ladders and around sections of the structure. Before starting the walk, he took a selfie with his phone.

The weather held up for the walk, though the skies were cloudy. He estimated the wind was about 20 mph.

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After completing the walk, Wallenda rode to the ground atop one of the wheel's capsules.

Florida Gov. Rick Scot was among those gathered to watch Wallenda.

In November, Wallenda made two Chicago skyscraper crossings on high wires. Other previous tightrope walks took him to the brink of Niagara Falls in 2012 and across a Grand Canyon-area garage in 2013.

Wallenda is the great-grandson of Karl Wallenda who fell to his death during a tightrope stunt in Puerto Rico at 73.

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