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Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire

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Published on May 23, 2012

http://www.ted.com Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

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  • Slap Stick

    Slap Stick 1 year ago

    People thumbs up the dumbest comments. Why somebody "breathing" would easily distract you is beyond explanation.

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  • EclecticSceptic

    EclecticSceptic 11 months ago

    What an interesting man!

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  • allenOMG

    allenOMG 2 months ago

    Brilliant. :) Such a great man.

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  • BAYNE20

    BAYNE20 7 months ago

    beautiful story even more beautiful telling!

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  • Sasoria Docks

    Sasoria Docks 8 months ago

    I saw him walk between the two twin towers :) I was there when it happened

    BUT! I was just born LMAO so i barely BARELY!!! Remember

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  • Robert Pipan

    Robert Pipan 8 months ago

    1:19 19:08 '.

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  • NowhereToBeFound77

    NowhereToBeFound77 9 months ago

    What an egotistical man...

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  • crudhousefull

    crudhousefull 10 months ago

    This guy's concentration powers are absolutely incredible. Wow!

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  • rlfrost

    rlfrost 10 months ago

    If you liked this, see the movie "Man on a Wire" the preparation for the walk between the twin towers.....unbelievable is an understatement!

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  • genkegenkai

    genkegenkai 10 months ago

    I'm humble

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    Bumba Dawg 10 months ago

    You may say you have good values, but say it with no arrogance.

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  • genkegenkai

    genkegenkai 11 months ago

    what amazes me is that I see some similarities between him and me. and yah, I'm 17

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