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Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.
Henri L'Estrange, known as the Australian Blondin, was an Australian successful funambulist and accident-prone aeronautical balloonist. [1] Modelling himself on the famous French wire-walker Charles Blondin, L'Estrange performed a number of tightrope walks in the 1870s, culminating in three walks across Sydney's Middle Harbour in 1877.
She was advertised as Madam Blondin. [1] Pauline Violante at Cremorne Gardens. Her career ended at Highbury Barn, which was a pleasure resort that operated in Islington between 1861 and 1871. [3] She was performing amongst a firework display when she fell fifty feet from a tight rope onto gravel on 14 August 1862.
Charlotte Rose, an English sex worker, dominatrix, sexual trainer and political candidate Liara Roux , American prostitute, sex worker rights activist and author in New York Deanne Salinger, aka Air Force Amy , a legal prostitute in Nevada, pornographic actress, and adult model, who starred in the HBO television documentary series Cathouse: The ...
Tightrope walking, Armenian manuscript, 1688. Tightwire is the skill of maintaining balance while walking along a tensioned wire between two points. It can be done either using a balancing tool (umbrella, fan, balance pole, etc.) or "freehand", using only one's body to maintain balance.
Charles Blondin carrying Colcord on a tightrope Engraving (c. 1883 of Blondin crossing Niagara with his manager, Harry Colcord, on his back. Harry M. Colcord was the manager of the distinguished stuntman Charles Blondin, most famous for being possibly the first person to go across the Niagara Falls by piggyback on another person, in this case Blondin, on August 17, 1859.
Blondin is a surname of French origin, literally meaning a person with blond hair. It may refer to: Antoine Blondin, French writer; Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker; Denis Blondin, Canadian anthropologist and writer; Ester Blondin, founder of College Marie Anne; Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Canadian politician; Fred Blondin , French singer and ...
is Julio Demasi and he tells a story about the Great Blondin, so I think it might be a very clever joke. --68.162.140.26 03:38, 11 December 2008 (UTC) Hey, I was wondering who the two men were who died in the scaffolding collapse were?