Tag: Tallulah Gorge
Flashback: Karl Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Tallulah Gorge, 1970
Tallulah Falls city leaders wanted to increase the town’s profile, so they did the obvious: They invited Karl Wallenda—a German-born daredevil who had captivated audiences around the world with nail-biting, high-wire walks—to cross Tallulah Gorge in what some considered his riskiest stunt yet.