Petit, Philippe

A high-wire artist traces his six years of planning and training to walk a wire between the towers of the nearly completed World Trade Center in 1974, describing the history-making realization of his goal.

Philippe Petit, a French street performer, tells the story of how he planned and executed a walk on a cable rigged between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. Includes photographs taken by Petit's friends and accomplices.

Presents tying methods for more than sixty knots and features knot trivia, anecdotes, tips, magic tricks, and special tying challenges.

Philippe Petit, a French street performer, tells the story of how he planned and executed a walk on a cable rigged between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. Includes photographs taken by Petit's friends and accomplices.