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Mirette on the high wire
Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
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Make me brave. Part 9, Walking on a wire
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to learn how to manage fear. To demonstrate it is possible to overcome fear Todd will walk on a wire across two skyscrapers, a world first for someone new to wire walking. This clip is from 'Make Me Brave' Part 9. Has Todd learnt to manage his fear enough to step off a Sydney skyscraper? With minimal wire-walking training, Todd attempts to walk a 3-cm cable, 21-stories up. Todd puts his life on the line in the name of science to prove that brain training works and that fear can be overcome.
Streaming Video
The man who walked between the towers
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
Book
Safety first at Adrenalin Forest
Talks to the Frenchman about the high-wire adventure course he set up in a Christchurch City Council forestry block in the mid 2000s. Discusses the health and safety regulations he had to comply with to satisfy Tourism Industry Association requirements. Notes the additional operations he has set up and sets out his contributions to tourism's health and safety sector. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Newspaper Article
Con Colleano: \The Wizard of the Wire\
Learn about an Australian circus performer who \"became the first performer in the world to achieve an amazing feet-to-feet forward somersault on a tight wire\" (ORBIT).
Magazine Article