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Philippe Petit tightrope walking between the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, August 7, 1974
Doctor Nikolai Kulbin told Shklovsky that any man can walk a tightrope if he believes that he can. This is due to in-built balance mechanisms associated with the inner-ear. We can all do it. Only the nerves put us off.

Philippe Petit tightrope walking between the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, August 7, 1974

Doctor Nikolai Kulbin told Shklovsky that any man can walk a tightrope if he believes that he can. This is due to in-built balance mechanisms associated with the inner-ear. We can all do it. Only the nerves put us off.


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