Oh, even then I had it wrong. In other words, he holds the stick across his
body very low and then tips it right or left to help keep balance. I was
thinking he held it straight up and in that case there would not be much of
the pole touching the wire. Finally, the light goes on! (smile)
Reggie
Sue,
The pole is extremely long, thin enough to reach around it with a single
hand, and heavy. Because of Shelley's description that it's the longest
she's seen, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's at least 50 feet long
and 100 pounds. If you have lots of muscles and wanted to carry it the way
he did, then you'd walk to the middle of the pole, stand on one side of it,
slide your hands under it, then pick it up. You hold it low just in front
of the body to lower your center of gravity. That makes it easier to
balance on the rope. That's why it is heavy. It's very long to allow you
to adjust your balance to the right or left in order to help keep you from
falling.
Gerald
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:00 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Sue,
Not only is your comment interesting but otos very helpfu. I'll remember, when I describe the scene, to specify how the pole is held.
From having seen either him or something similar ontelevision a few years ago: picture a taut cable stretched between two very tall buildings. The long pole (I don't have the book yet but Shelley said ait's the longest pole she's ever seen or heard of) would be held in the man's two hands in front of him, perpendicular to the cable.
I don't know if it's the same man or not, but there was a man who does tightrope (tight-cable?) walking from very high places. Sometimes he gets paid to perform at events. In addition to walking between two very high buildings, without a net below, in New York, I remeber that for some festival in Switzerland or some such place he walked between wo very all mountains. It was really breathtaking (literally, as least for me).
Cindy
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