After crossing Ariz. gorge, Wallenda eyes next stunt in NYC After tightrope walking without a safety net or harness 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge, aerialist Nik Wallenda is already eyeing his next stunt. Wallenda hopes to tightrope walk between the Chrysler and Empire State buildings in New York, a total distance of 1.4 miles; longer than Sunday's quarter-mile cable he walked across in northeastern Arizona. As a nod to his Internet audience, he said he also would ask his Facebook and Twitter followers what the next challenge should be Sunday's successful, 22-minute walk on the 2-inch-thick steel cable was monitored by people around the world via television and computer screens during a broadcast of Wallenda's most ambitious stunt yet. They watched as the winds tested the Florida daredevil, and listened as he called on God to calm the swaying cable and as he paid homage to his famed great-grandfather. The stunt was the leading trending topic on Twitter on Sunday afternoon. The distance between the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building / CBS/Google During his walk above the dry river bed near the Grand Canyon, Wallenda paused and crouched twice as winds whipped around him and the rope swayed. Gusts had been expected to be around 30 mph. He said they sent dust flying into his eyes. "It was unbelievable," he told reporters later. It was everything I wanted it to be. It was extremely emotional. I got to the other end and started crying. Hundreds of people watched from the remote site on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona that led them past roadside vendors selling traditional jewelry and about a dozen protesters who consider the area sacred. It was strenuous the whole way across. It was a battle. The winds were strong, they were gusty," he told reporters. "But there was never a point where I thought, `oh my gosh, I'm going to fall."' Wallenda stepped slowly and steady throughout, murmuring prayers to Jesus almost constantly along the way. Daredevil Nik Wallenda walks across gorge near Grand Canyon The Discovery Channel broadcast the event live. He wore a microphone and two cameras, one that looked down on the river bed and one that faced straight ahead. Nik Wallenda grew up performing with his family and dreamed of crossing the Grand Canyon since he was a teenager. A Navajo Nation ranger, a paramedic and two members of a film crew were stationed on the canyon floor. The ranger, Elmer Phillips, he got a little nervous when Wallenda stopped the first time. "Other than that, a pretty amazing feat," Phillips said. Discovery's two-hour broadcast showcased the Navajo landscape that includes Monument Valley, Four Corners, Canyon de Chelly and the tribal capital of Window Rock. Wallenda said he would give up tightrope walking altogether if his wife and children ever asked him. That's a serious talk that we'll have. But absolutely, it weighs on heavy on me," he said.