Wallenda discusses hanging by her teeth over Niagara Falls

Exactly 5 years after Nik Wallenda's televised 1,800-foot tightrope walk from NY to Canada over Niagara Falls, his 36-year-old wife, Erendira, beat his record Thursday, hanging by her teeth from 300 feet in the air.

During the approximately 20-minute flight she used her teeth to grip on to the mouth piece for 10 seconds on her first attempt and then again for five seconds.

"It was pretty impressive", said Marty Newcomen, who was visiting the area from Calgary and watched the stunt from the Canadian side of the falls.

"There are no words".

"She's a ballerina in the air", he said Wednesday.

Erendira also hoped to break her husband's record of hanging by his teeth at 200 feet.

A woman plans to do a death-defying stunt on live TV.

Like her husband, Erendira Vazquez Wallenda traces her daredevil roots back generations.

"It is just as much of a challenge, in fact more of a challenge often, because you're anxious you're going to get tangled up in it", he said.

Barth said the flight was steady, though turbulence pushed him higher.

"To be up there and watching her ... she had a huge grin on her face the whole time", he said, adding the pilot deserves credit for keeping the chopper as steady as possible while facing "extremely unpredictable" winds. "It billows up as you can tell by the spray".

Afterward, she and her husband spoke of the attraction of the falls, which has long attracted daredevils.

"It's kind of risky, but it's handsome in the same way, which I kind of think that that's what we do".

She'll perform tricks and dance moves, at points during the performance she will hang from her toes and her teeth.

Niagara County and the city of Niagara Falls each set aside $35,000 to help fund the stunt, and the Seneca Gaming Corp., the event's lead sponsor, gave $50,000, reported the Buffalo News.

Nik Wallenda's great-grandfather also died after falling from a tight-rope.