[bksvol-discuss] Re: Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:49:30 -0800 (PST)
It's my fault, Reggie, for saying the pole was
perpendicular instead of across the wire. I wasn't
thinking at the time that it could be perpendicular
both across and up and down. Fortunately, Shelley
explained that it was across, and then Gerald gave the
much better description of how and where it's held.
Cindy
- Reggie & Lonnie <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:42 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Man Who Walked Between
> the Towers
>
>
> > 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
> on
> > television 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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