Ngeke Uyikholelwe Lezi Izilinganiso Ezibucayi Zesikhathi esidlule se-Niagara Fall

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Amademoni atholakala e-Niagara Falls

Nakuba imibono emangalisa kanye nokubukeka okukhulu kwamandla aqinisekisayo kuMama Nature kuye kwathola i- Niagara Falls idumela njenge-hotspot yezokuvakasha, akuyona into kuphela edonsa izixuku. Sekuyiminyaka engamakhulu amabili, cishe uma nje amaPhuphu ayebhekwa njengengcebo yomhlaba, izidakamizwa, abafuna ukuthakazelisa, kanye nabahamba ngezintambo baye bafika endaweni ukuze bavivinye isibindi sabo. Kule minyaka eminingi abaningi baye balahleka ngenkathi bezama ukunqoba amaPhophu, kodwa abambalwa baye bahamba banqoba futhi indaba ehloniphekile yokutshela, nansi ambalwa.

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UWilliam Leonard Hunt - Septemba 5, 1860

Ngesikhathi bonke abesilisa nabesifazane kulolu hlu beba nesibindi esiphawulayo namakhono angabazayo okuthatha izinqumo, uWilliam Leonard Hunt (owaziwa nangokuthi u-Signor Farini) uthatha ikhekhe. U-Hunt wadabula i-Falls ngo-September 5, 1860, ngenkathi ethwele umshini wokuwasha emhlane.

"Ubophe umshini wokugcoba uMbuso emuva kwakhe futhi wahamba kancane waya endaweni oyifunayo phakathi kwendophi," kubike iGaza Gazette.

Lapho efika emkhatsini wezintambo walondoloza isibalo sakhe somshini nomshini phezu kwekhebula, wehlisa ibhakede ngamamitha angu-200 eMfuleni waseNiagara ngezansi futhi wathatha amanzi emuva. Wayeqoqe ngaphambilini amashekhi amaningana kwabesifazane abaningi futhi wawageza amakhulu ezinyawo ngaphezu kwamagagasi awela phansi.

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UHarry Leslie - Juni 15, 1865

U-Leslie wazibiza ngokuthi "uMelika Blondin" ukuze aqaphele lapho ewela i-Falls ngoJuni 15, 1865. Ngesikhathi uhambo lwakhe luphumelela akazange akhiphe isithakazelo uJean Francois Gravelet enza.

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UMaria Spelterina - 1867

UMaria Spelterina wayeneminyaka engama-23 kuphela lapho ephuma e-tightrope ukuze abe ngowokuqala ukuhamba phezu kwamaPhuphu ocingweni. Akukhona lokho kuphela, u-Spelterina wahamba emuva, enesikhwama ekhanda lakhe kanye namabhasikidi e-peach ezinyaweni zakhe ukuze "ajobe umdlalo othile," ngokusho kwezindaba zendawo ezivela ngaleso sikhathi. Kunjengokungathi uhamba phezu kwezimangaliso zemvelo zomhlaba nge-wire akukho obanzi kune-intshi akuyona into emangalisayo ngokwanele.

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Andrew Jenkins - Agasti 24, 1869

U-Andrew Jenkins wadabula indawo efanayo noHarry Leslie eminyakeni emine kamuva, ngaphandle uma enza lokho wahamba nge-velocipede.

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UStephen Peer - Juni 25, 1887

UStephen Peer wenza inqwaba yokuwela ngaphesheya kweNiagara Falls (yingakho enza lolu hlu) kodwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa emva kokuhamba kwakhe ngoJuni 25, 1887, isidumbu sakhe sitholwa ogwini elingezansi. Kucatshangwa ukuthi ngenkathi ezama ukuwela umfula ebusuku, egqoke izicathulo zakhe zomgwaqo, U-Peer wawela ekufeni kwakhe emadwaleni angezansi.

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USamuel Dixon - ngo-September 6, 1890

USamuel Dixon wenza inqwaba yokuwela phezu kwentambo ngaphezu kwePhophu kodwa lokhu kwakuyinto yakhe edume kakhulu. Ukugqoke amathanga ambala e-terra cotta kanye namathangi omnyama amasilika kanye nenqola yakhe "Yempi Yenhlanhla" wadabula i-Niagara Gorge ngethusi elifanayo elisetshenziswe ngu-Stuntman uStephen Peer.

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Clifford Calverley - Ngo-12 Okthoba 1892

UClifford Calverley wenza uhambo lweNiagara Falls ngocingo ngezikhathi ezimbalwa ngo-Okthoba 12, 1892, kwikhebula lensimbi le-3/4. Ngenye yalezi zindlela, uCalverley wabeka irekhodi ngokuqeda ngemizuzu eyisithupha namasekhondi angu-32 1/2 .

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UJames Hardy - July 1896

Ngeminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala, uJames Hardy waba ngumncane kunazo zonke ukuwela i-Niagara Falls phezu kwe-wirerope wire. Phakathi kukaJulayi 1896 Hardy empeleni wahamba uhambo oluningana ngaphesheya kwePhuphu, konke okwakuphumelele. Ukusebenza kukaHardy kwakuyizingcingo zokugcina ezivunyelwe yiNiagara Falls, okungenayo impi ende emthethweni.

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Annie Taylor - Okthoba 24, 1901

Nakuba engeyona eyokugcina ukuqhuma phezu kweNigeria Falls emgqonyeni, u-Annie Taylor kungenzeka ukuthi udume kakhulu. Uthisha wesikole oneminyaka engu-63 ubudala uhlezi esitelekeni sokuthi kwakuyindlela yakhe eqondile yokuya enhlanhla kanye nodumo. Ngomhla ka-Okthoba 24, 1901, wasizwa ehhaneni elikhethekile ngaphakathi komgqomo omkhulu kanye nenja yakhe. Wathunjwa yisikebhe esincane ukuze abanjwe eMfuleni i-Niagara futhi akhululeke. Yena kanye nenkosikazi yakhe baxoshwa ngokuzungezile ngaphambi kokuba baqhubekele phezu kwamaPhuphu. Lapho bezama amanzi angaphansi, u-Taylor wayeqiniseka ukuthi behlele phezu kwamadwala futhi babethelwe ukufa. Kuthatha amaminithi angu-17 emva kokuwa komgqomo ukwenza indlela yayo isondele ngokujulile ogwini lwaseCanada ukuze lihanjiswe. Ngesikhathi uTrkey evela ukuthi udidekile kancane ohambweni olubi kepha waphumelela. UTaylor waba ngowokuqala ukuba ahambe phezu kweNigenda Falls futhi asinde. Ngalolo daba, uT Taylor wathola udumo ayelifisa kakhulu, kodwa ngeshwa, inhlanhla ayizange ilandele. Ushonile cishe waba neminyaka engamashumi amabili kamuva.

Uhambo lukaTaylor lubuye luwumthombo wezinganekwane, ikakhulukazi ngakho isisu sakhe. Kuthiwa uma u-Taylor kanye nekati belayishwa emgqonyeni ukuthi inja yayingumnyama ngokuphelele, kodwa uma umgodi uvulwa ngemuva kokuwa kwenkemba kuthiwa yinto emhlophe.

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Bobby Leach - Julayi 25, 1911

IsiNgisi uBobby Leach kungenzeka ukuthi unqobe i-Niagara Falls kodwa yilapho inhlanhla yakhe iphelile khona. ULeach walandela ezinyathelweni zika-Annie Taylor ngokuqamba umgqomo ukuba ahambe phezu kwePoff in. NgoJulayi 25, 1911, uLeach wahamba uhambo lwakhe phezu kwePhuphu emgqonyeni wakhe wensimbi yonke. Kungenzeka ukuthi wasinda ekutheni kodwa wachitha amasonto angu-23 alandelayo esibhedlela aphinde ahlukane nokulimala okuningi nezinye ukulimala. Eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye kamuva, ngenkathi esendleleni yokuvakasha eNew Zealand, uLeach washayela ekhanda lika-orange futhi waphula intamo nomlenze. Ufe ngenxa yezimo ezibangelwa ukulimala kwakhe.

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UJean Lussier - July 4, 1928

UJean Lussier angase anqobe ukuphambana okudala kakhulu ukuze amthathe phezu kwe-Falls. Ibhola lezinjoloba ezinamabitha ayisithupha elibanzi lenziwe ngamabhubhu angaphakathi angama-32 futhi yayinefreyimu yensimbi emibili. U-Lussier wathola esinye sezixuku ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezirekhodiwe ngombukiso wakhe we-July 4. Cishe ngehora ngemuva kokungena ibhola le-rubber Lussier livele laphumelela ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokulimala okuphawulekayo. Uqhubekile ukukhombisa ukwephulwa kwakhe kwenjoloba e-Niagara Falls iminyaka eminingi, ethengisa amathikithi ezokuvakasha ezibucayi futhi wathengisa izingcezu ezincane zamathoyizi angaphakathi ngamasenti angu-50 ngayinye njengezikhumbuzo.

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UJean Francois Gravelet - Juni 30, 1859

UJean Francois Gravelet ungomunye wabantu abadume kakhulu ukuwela i-Niagara Falls, esebenzile uhambo izikhathi eziningi, ehamba-ke nohambo ngalunye. Eyaziwa ngokuthi "I-Blondon Enkulu," iGravelet yenza umsebenzi wakhe wokuzikhandla.

Njengoba eqeqeshwe ukuhamba ngezinyawo emadolobheni amaningana aseYurophu wanikeza amathalenta akhe e-US lapho eneminyaka engu-31. Phakathi nokuhamba kwakhe kokuhamba ngeNigiya Falls, iGravelet wawela ngebhayisikili, eboshwe amehlo, epheka i-wheelbarrow, epheka i-omelet wenza uhambo ngezandla nangezinyawo ezenziwe ngesandla. Waze wawela lo mgwaqo ngesikhathi ethwele umphathi wakhe, uHarry Colcord, ngemuva kwakhe. Ngenkathi kubonakala sengathi i-stunt eyingqayizivele, futhi kwaba, ngokusho kweColcord kwakuyinkinga enkulu. I-Gravelet ibonakala ithathe okungaphezu kwalokho ayengayisingatha futhi yahlukumeza sonke leso sikhathi.

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Philippe Petit - September 28, 1986

Kwakusekuqaleni kwawo-1970 lapho umdume owaziwayo waseFrance uPhilip Petit, oneminyaka engu-37 ubudala, eqala ukuya eNigeria Falls ngezinethemba lokwenza izixuku eziphakeme phezulu. Kulesi sithombe uhlola isimangalo semvelo, ezama ukuthola indawo engcono kakhulu yokwenza uhambo lwakhe kodwa ngeshwa akakwazanga ukuthola imvume evela eNkomishini yaseNew York State Parks ngakho iphupho lakhe alizange lifinyelelwe, okungenani isikhathi. Kwaze kwaphela eminyakeni engaba ngu-10 kamuva uPitit wavunyelwa ukuthatha esibhakabhakeni ngaphesheya kweNiagara phambi kwesixuku esivuthelayo. Izwe lesiFulentshi liye laziwa ngokuthi yilokho okwenzekile ngemuva kokuhamba ngokungekho emthethweni phakathi kweTwin Towers yaseNew York City kusukela e-110th floor.

I-Petit yokuqala yahamba ngamamitha angu-50 ngaphandle komzila ukuze ujabulele ababukeli nabathwebuli bezithombe ngaphambi kokuya emgqeni futhi kamuva ngosuku lokuvela kwimidlalo. Wahamba ngamamitha angama-170 ngaphezu kwePops futhi wahamba esuka emaphethelweni emgodleni waya emgodini we-crane ngaphambi kokuqeda.

Ukuphumelela kukaPeti kamuva kwabhalwa kwi-movie ethi "The Walk" ngo-2015 nge-Petit edlala nguJoseph Gordan Levitt.

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Nik Wallenda - Juni 15, 2012

Ngenkathi kungekho ukuntuleka kwama-daredevils abazama ukuwela i-Falls, kuvele ukuthi kwakungakaze kube ngo-2012 lapho uNik Wallenda, oneminyaka engu-33, enza uhambo lwakhe ukuthi noma ngubani ohamba ngokuqondile ukusuka ohlangothini lwePhuphu kuya kwesinye. Abaningi baye bawela izingxenye zePhuphu, kodwa i-Wallenda yazitholela indawo e-Guinness Book of World Records yokuhamba ucingo ohlangothini lwaseMelika ukuya ohlangothini lwaseCanada ngenye indlela. Ngeshwa, i-Wallenda ngeke isakwazi ukufaka irekhodi le-Guinness Book lokwenza ukuhamba kuqala ngaphesheya kwe-Falls njengoba leyo nkampani inguJean Francois Gravelet owenze ukubonakala kwangaphambili kuhlu lwethu.

Ukuhamba kuka-Wallenda kwathatha cishe iminyaka emibili ukuqala njengoba elwa nezimpi zomthetho zombili eMelika naseCanada ngaphambi kokuba avunyelwe ukuthatha ucingo. Ukuhamba kwakusakazwa bukhoma phakathi ne-ABC ekhethekile nezigidi ezihlelwe ukubuka i-feat. Abanenhlanhla abanamathekithi angu-4 000 banenhlanhla ngokwanele ukufakaza lo mboniso kuqala njengoba iWallenda ihamba ngezinyawo ezingu-1 800, izinyawo ezingu-200 emoyeni.

I-Wallenda iyinhlangano ye-tightrope yesizukulwane sesikhombisa esinezincwadi eziyisishiyagalolunye zeGuinness World ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe, kuhlanganise nesiteleka esilandelayo ngemuva kweNiagara, ehamba ngaphesheya kweGrand Canyon. UWallenda wanikezela ukuhamba kwakhe eThekwini eya kumkhulu wakhe owafa ngesikhathi ehamba phakathi kwehhotela le-Condado e-San Juan, e-Puerto Rico ngo-1968.