The Wallendas are one of the most legendary circus families of all time, with roots as performers stretching back to Austria in the 1780s. Earlier generations had included acrobats, clowns, jugglers, and aerialists but the current act was born when German-born Karl Wallenda (1905-1978) apprenticed to high wire walker Louis Weitzman and learned (if you’ll […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:53AM on June 20, 2013