Aerialist Nik Wallenda completed an extremely long tightrope walk over the Grand Canyon that had the world waiting with bated breath on Sunday.

Wallenda, a 34-year-old Sarasota, Fl. resident who is a part of the famous "Flying Wallendas" circus family, walked a quarter mile on a two-inch thick steel cable over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona, according to the Huffington Post. Every minute of the daring stunt was broadcast live on the Discovery Channel.

"Thank you Lord," he said about 13 minutes into the experience. "Thank you for calming that cable, God.

It took him more than 22 minutes, pausing and crouching twice due to heavy winds, which made his suspended rope sway back and forth. From a viewer's perspective, the death-defying feat was both scary and exciting to watch.

The audacious aerialist, who did not wear a harness, bravely stepped "slow and steady" and murmured prayers throughout his sky wire adventure. Though he had dreamed about crossing the Grand Canyon since his teenage years, he was happy to reach the end off the rope. 

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After getting off, he told Discovery that the winds were "unpredictable" at times and dust kept irritating his contact lenses.

"It was way more windy, and it took every bit of me to stay focused the entire time," he said. 

And though the experience was a successful one for him, some of his family members had perished due to wire-walking stunts. His great grandfather, Karl, fell and died at the age of 73 while performing in Puerto Rico, reported Hufffington.

"I know I wouldn't even attempt something like that," said Elmer Phillips, a Navajo Nation ranger watching him from the canyon floor. "Very nicely done."

Some Native American groups were opposed to Wallenda performing the stunt, and protested at the site due to the Navajo Nation's opposition to promoting "one man's gamble with his life for the benefit of tourism."