Photos: Nik Wallenda completes tightrope walk across Little Colorado River Gorge near Grand Canyon

Aerialist Nik Wallenda walks a 2-inch-thick steel cable taking him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge, Ariz. on Sunday, June 23, 2013. The daredevil successfully traversed the tightrope strung 1,500 feet above the chasm near the Grand Canyon in just more than 22 minutes, pausing and crouching twice as winds whipped around him and the cable swayed. (AP Photos/Discovery Channel, Tiffany Brown) ( APTOPIX Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda crosses a tightrope 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on the Navajo Nation outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. Wallenda completed the tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile across the gorge in just more than 22 minutes. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda gives a thumbs-up sign as he nears the end, after walking on a two-inch (5-cm) diameter steel cable rigged 1,400 feet (426.7 metres) across more than a quarter-mile deep remote section of the Grand Canyon near Little Colorado River, Arizona June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake ( USA-HIGHWIRE/GRANDCANYON )

Aerialist Nik Wallenda nears the end of his quarter mile walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona on Sunday, June 23, 2013. The daredevil successfully traversed the tightrope strung 1,500 feet above the chasm near the Grand Canyon in just more than 22 minutes, pausing and crouching twice as winds whipped around him and the cable swayed. (AP Photos/Discovery Channel, Tiffany Brown) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda walks on a two-inch (5-cm) diameter steel cable rigged 1,400 feet (426.7 metres) across more than a quarter-mile deep remote section of the Grand Canyon near Little Colorado River, Arizona June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake ( USA-HIGHWIRE/GRANDCANYON )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda crosses a tightrope 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on the Navajo Nation outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. Wallenda completed the tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile over the gorge in just more than 22 minutes. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( APTOPIX Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda crosses a tightrope 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on the Navajo Nation outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda crosses a tightrope 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on the Navajo Nation outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Aerialist Nik Wallenda, left, is welcomed by his wife, Erendira, after walking a 2-inch-thick steel cable that took him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona on Sunday, June 23, 2013. The daredevil successfully traversed the tightrope strung 1,500 feet above the chasm on the Navajo Nation near the Grand Canyon in just more than 22 minutes, pausing and crouching twice as winds whipped around him and the cable swayed. (AP Photos/Discovery Channel, Tiffany Brown) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda (C) arrives for a news conference after completing a high-wire walk on a two-inch (5-cm) diameter steel cable rigged 1,400 feet (426.7 metres) across more than a quarter-mile deep remote section of the Grand Canyon near Little Colorado River, Arizona June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake ( USA-HIGHWIRE/GRANDCANYON )

Daredevil Nik Wallenda gestures during a news conference after completing a high-wire walk on a two-inch (5-cm) diameter steel cable rigged 1,400 feet (426.7 metres) across more than a quarter-mile deep remote section of the Grand Canyon near Little Colorado River, Arizona June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake ( USA-HIGHWIRE/GRANDCANYON )

The chasm of the Grand Canyon is shown with the Little Colorado River more than a quarter-mile below in Arizona June 23, 2013. Daredevil Nik Wallenda will attempt to walk a 2-inch diameter steel cable stretched over the chasm in a death-defying crossing that will be broadcast live around the world. REUTERS/Mike Blake ( USA-HIGHWIRE/GRANDCANYON )

Supai Waters, left, a Haeva Supai tribal member and and a woman who wished to be unidentified protest along highway, near Cameron, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, to protest Florida aerialist Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge. Wallenda plans to do the stunt without a safety harness. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

A unidentified Navajo woman protests along highway, near Cameron, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, to protest Florida aerialist Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge. Wallenda plans to perform the stunt without a safety harness on the Navajo reservation. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

A sign hangs off a fence along highway, near Cameron, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013, to protest Florida aerialist Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge. Wallenda plans to perform the stunt without a safety harness. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )

Renae Yellowhorse, a Navajo from Cameron, gathers with others American Indians along highway, near Cameron, Ariz., on Sunday, June 23, 2013 to protest Florida aerialist Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge. Wallenda planned the stunt without a safety harness on the Navajo reservation. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ( Wallenda Grand Canyon )