The World Spinning
September 5th, 2010 § 2 Comments
“You must not fall. When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward.”
~Phillipe Petit
I just finished Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. It is a wonderful book, highly recommend. Followed it up by watching the documentary Man on Wire (streaming on Netflix…), definitely worth watching.
Along the same lines (ha), coincidentally, a few weeks ago I came across this article. Extreme walking.
I’ve read it too. Got it for Xmas. I haven’t met anyone else that has. I wish I knew so we could have talked about it last week. Boo
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