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Top 10 Daredevil Feats

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  • 1. Jean Francois Gravelot, aka The Great Blondin, tightrope crossing, 1859
  • 2. Guillermo Antonio Farini, aka The Great Farini, stilt tightrope crossing, 1864
  • 3. Henry Bellini, tightrope crossing and leap into river, 1873
  • 4. Maria Spelterini, first woman to cross on a tightrope, 1876
  • 5. Carlisle Graham, first man over the falls in a barrel, 1886
  • 6. Clifford Calverly, fastest tightrope crossing, 1887
  • 7. Samuel J. Dixon, hung from rope with one hand, 1890
  • 8. James Hardy, youngest tightrope crosser, 1896
  • 9. Annie Edson Taylor, first woman over the falls in a barrel, 1901
  • 10. Lincoln Beachy, first airplane stunt at falls, 1911
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