To Reach the Clouds
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To Reach the Clouds

The Walk film tie in

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eBook - ePub

To Reach the Clouds

The Walk film tie in

About this book

One night in 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. At daybreak, he gave the high-wire performance of all time, making eight crossings over the course of an hour, 110 floors up above the earth, as a hundred thousand people gathered on the ground to watch.

In To Reach the Clouds, now filmed as The Walk, Philippe Petit re-creates a six-year quest to realise his dream, an adventure as thrilling as the walk itself. In an unforgettable memoir he tells the story of how he conspired, connived, improvised, and insisted his way to this 'coup', abetted by a motley crew of accomplices, the occasional miracle, and his own unflagging passion. He reveals himself to be not only a virtuoso of the air but also a bold and inspired performer on the page. Animated by never-seen photographs and Petit's ingenious sketches, To Reach the Clouds is a tour de force of the imagination and a serenade to his beloved towers.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9780571328628
Edition
0
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Praise
  4. Title Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. CONTENTS
  8. TO REACH THE CLOUDS
  9. BEFORE
  10. TOOTHACHE
  11. TO REACH THE CLOUDS
  12. NOTRE-DAME AND SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
  13. PARIS MATCH, 1972
  14. “I’M GOING TO AMERICA!”
  15. FIRST VISION, FIRST VISIT
  16. POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS
  17. ALMIGHTY VOID
  18. AT 40,000 FEET
  19. JEAN-LOUIS
  20. ANNIE
  21. “WTC”
  22. NEW YORK MAGIC
  23. SPY TIME
  24. FIFTEEN MINUTES IN MID-AIR
  25. WHAT’S THE DISTANCE?
  26. I.O.
  27. PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED
  28. AN ARGUMENT, A FRESCO, A FRIEND
  29. THE FIRST CAHIER
  30. GALLOPING IN EUROPE
  31. THREE WARNINGS
  32. PAPA RUDY
  33. VARY
  34. CUSTOMS
  35. I HAVE NO IDEA
  36. ABORT
  37. TO FORGET WTC
  38. MY FRIEND BARON
  39. PRELUDE TO AN INTERVIEW
  40. THE INTERVIEW
  41. INSIDE MY VEINS
  42. DEAR JEAN-LOUIS …
  43. ULTIMATUM
  44. “YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!”
  45. COME ALONG
  46. STREET MAINTENANCE
  47. BEREFT OF ALL FAITH
  48. FORTUNE COOKIES
  49. SUCH A NICE COUPLE
  50. WTC EVERYWHERE
  51. “NEW ORGANISATION”
  52. LOST & FOUND PART I
  53. PUBLIC RELATIONS
  54. LOST & FOUND PART II
  55. LOOKING FOR DIRECTION
  56. LE DIABLE
  57. NEW ACCESSORIES
  58. ARCHITECTURAL BEQUEST
  59. WORLD PREMIERE
  60. DIRTY LAUNDRY
  61. TWENTY-ONE PAGES
  62. DUSTIN HOFFMAN
  63. ALBERT
  64. JEAN-FRANÇOIS
  65. I HAVE AN I.D.
  66. NEW PALTZ FIASCO
  67. COUCH POTATO
  68. NOBODY’S FAULT
  69. VIPs
  70. THE COFFIN
  71. THE CARROTS ARE COOKED
  72. PHILIPPE IS GOING TO DIE
  73. THE PLAN
  74. “ONE-OH-FOUR!”
  75. AN ETERNITY
  76. BAD, BAD PANELS!
  77. BOW & ARROW
  78. BAGFUL OF WORDS
  79. OFF GUARD
  80. PAS DE DEUX
  81. BEFORE LETTING GO
  82. A LESSON IN RIGGING
  83. MONKEY BUSINESS
  84. CATENARY CURVES
  85. A VISITOR
  86. “THE WHEEL! THE WHEEL!”
  87. “HE’S FALLING!”
  88. WILD CAT
  89. THE FIRST STEP
  90. MEETING THE GODS
  91. ONLY ONE BIRD?
  92. FAREWELL
  93. THE OCTOPUS
  94. DEATH’S DOOR
  95. REACTIONARY MEASURES
  96. SEX
  97. NORTH SIDE STORY
  98. ARE YOU THE GUY?
  99. A NEW WAY OF LIFE
  100. AFTER
  101. HOW I WROTE THIS BOOK
  102. COM’ERA, DOV’ERA
  103. Acknowledgments
  104. About the Author
  105. Also By Philippe Petit
  106. Copyright