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Archery.. on top of the Twin Towers!

Loveless · 2009-02-01 19:24:00

Was watching the movie "Man On Wire".. the film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. One of the many obstacles they had to overcome was how to get the 450 pound cable across the 200ft distance between the Twin Towers? Feed a smaller line across with a…

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Was watching the movie "Man On Wire".. the film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. One of the many obstacles they had to overcome was how to get the 450 pound cable across the 200ft distance between the Twin Towers? Feed a smaller line across with a model airplane, a slingshot, a golf ball, a tennis ball...?

They came up with the idea of using a bow and arrow, and attaching a fishing line wire to the arrow. They smuggled the bow up in a poster tube

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