as the walk began at 7:38pm mdt, wallenda realized the wire had become slippery due to gathered dust. he spat on his hands and rubbed his shoes for better grip. shortly thereafter, he stopped and crouched down on the wire due to wind gusts. he later stopped a second time to break the bounce of the wire that his walking had induced. throughout the walk, wallenda could be heard praying, repeatedly saying "help me to relax, lord", "god, you’re so good. thank you for this opportunity, lord", and "thank you, jesus." midway through he said "thank you lord. thank you for calming that cable, god". wallenda ran the last few steps then jumped off and kissed the ground. completing the walk in 22 minutes, 54 seconds, wallenda became the first person to highwire walk across a grand canyon area gorge.