Word is that Jay Cochrane -- the guy who has done about 300 tightrope walks across the Canadian portion of Niagra Falls -- now wants to walk a tightrope across the brink of the falls from the United States into Canada.
Of course, you have to get permission for such things, and both governments are debating the merits and drawbacks of letting the 63-year-old do it.
It's something never attempted before. Not even by 19th-century tightrope walker Charles Blondin.
This story from USA Today outlines some reasons he might not get to: safety, cost and environmental impact.
Post a comment and let us know what you think -- should they let him do it?
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