history on Instagram: "On March 22, 1978, Karl Wallenda stepped onto a steel cable strung between the two towers of the Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 73 years old and the most famous tightrope walker alive. The distance was roughly 120 feet above the street. The cable was slick from earlier rain, and the coastal wind was steady enough that flags below were fully extended. Wallenda carried no safety harness. He never did. Witnesses said the first steps looked normal. Halfwa