World tightrope record broken

The guy is an idiot. He shouldn't be risking his life with a wife and three kids. That kind of stupidity it saved for prior to settling down, when it largely doesn't matter what the outcome is.
 
benjii said:
The guy is an idiot. He shouldn't be risking his life with a wife and three kids. That kind of stupidity it saved for prior to settling down, when it largely doesn't matter what the outcome is.
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You mean once I settle down, I can no longer push myself beyond the boundaries of risk? Madness.

If he's not gone through planning and just one day decided to walk across a tight rope, I can say he's a loon and his family deserves better.

This type of 'stunt' he's done had a team and meticulous planning involve. The finial finishing of the walking the rope is down to him. His family support most likely helped drive him to finish it too.
 
I knew this event was taking place after seeing an advert on tv..... Only just realised from watching OP link that he was blindfolded!!! That is ridiculous! :eek:
 
I imagine it's quite easy to do 2ft off the ground in safe conditions but just seeing the video panning the height shocked me, I don't think I'd have the balls to even take the first step knowing that a single mistake = death. You rarely see that type of courage these days, the closest I can think of is Isle of Man TT.
 
Lima said:
I knew this event was taking place after seeing an advert on tv..... Only just realised from watching OP link that he was blindfolded!!! That is ridiculous! :eek:
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That probably helps him focus on his other senses and block out any distractions tbh, it might even be harder to do it not blindfolded.
 
mmj_uk said:
I imagine it's quite easy to do 2ft off the ground in safe conditions but just seeing the video panning the height shocked me, I don't think I'd have the balls to even take the first step knowing that a single mistake = death. You rarely see that type of courage these days, the closest I can think of is Isle of Man TT.
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I thought tight rope walking would be pretty straight forward, but I tried it once in a park as some guy had a rope set up. I couldn't even manage four steps. Once the rope starts bouncing, you've had it. Couldn't figure it out at alL!
 
No, he died instantly I'm afraid :( it was windy and thats why he got into trouble. He was 73.
 
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Why do it so high up, surely walking a tightrope is walking a tightrope be it 1 foot or a 100 foot off the ground ?

MW
 
Well it isnt going to attract mass media attention if he just did it on a rope that was a couple of feet of the ground would it?

No, no, much better to do it at great height and cream off the money from all of the publicity ;)
 
For some reason, I find tightrope walking to be really uninteresting, no matter the height or danger

It's probably impressive, but it all just makes me feel a bit 'meh'
 
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