Lions' Levy says he wasn't scared at all during wing walk

When it comes to walking on the wing of a biplane, don't ask DeAndre Levy whether he is scared, because he ain't.

"Not at all," the Detroit Lions linebacker said with a dismissive look. "If you're chicken (excrement). Not at all. Are you kidding me?"

Levy has become famous for his extreme and outrageous off-season adventures, which have included hiking in an exotic location and sliding down an active volcano.

But he topped it all in March when he went wing-walking for about 20 minutes in Sequim, Wash., about 2 hours north of Seattle. Levy stood on top of the fixed-wing plane. Then he scurried down the wing and held on — barely — to wires that kept him in place between the wings.

Levy, who is calm, quiet and focused on the field, let loose his thrill-seeking alter ego as he mugged for the cameras mounted on the plane, pointing and letting one go of one hand at times. Levy assures there were proper safety precautions.

"You can only step on certain places on the plane," he said. "There's only certain cables and things you can touch. It's kind of a muscle-memory thing that you practice on the ground. You can't grab and touch certain things."

So, why does Levy do it? Thrill-seeking is fun to him. No, thrill-seeking isn't fun to him.

"I mean, people think sitting by a pool is fun," he said. "It's not fun to me."

But there is one thing that sort of terrifies Levy.

"Nothing will top it," he said of his wing walk. "That's what I'm scared about. I feel like that was the pinnacle of my excitement and thrills. But something new always comes up, so we'll see."

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