Wallenda to wear blindfold for Chicago wire walk

Sarasota’s “King of the Highwire” Nik Wallenda will attempt to walk a tightrope across the Chicago skyline Nov. 2, on a wire between the Marina City towers and the Leo Burnett Building — and he'll do a portion of the stunt blindfolded.

"For both parts of the tightrope walk, I’m going to face challenges like I’ve never experienced before,"Wallenda said in a release from Discovery Communications. "I’ll not only need incredible physical strength to complete this walk, but laser-focused concentration."

The Discovery Channel will air the event beginning at 7 p.m., during which the iconic aerialist will first walk more than two blocks from the west Marina City tower over the Chicago River to the Leo Burnett Building. Wallenda will then walk between the two Marina City towers while wearing a blindfold.

“This is going to be the most incredible tightrope walk of my career,” Wallenda said in the release. “I can’t think of a better city to do it.”