Pasquette, who walked two stories above the roof, was forced to wear a safety harness, something he normally does not do. He also doesn’t use a safety net. He was notified by the state Department of Labor on Wednesday he would have to use a harness or risk arrest.
Ok, I’ll give the guy a lot more credit now. Fucking nanny state NY mandated the safety harness.
I actually have a smaller-scale building to building slackline walk plan in the works. However, it’ll only be about 50 feet off the ground and 50 feet long and I will DEF wear a safety harness.
if you want to see a man with some real balls watch the documentary Man on a wire
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century.”
He might as well climb the latter down, walk across the middle and climb the other side. People should have been able to shoot stuff at him or something.