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To Reach the Clouds 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 made eight crossings over the course of an hour, 110 floors up above the earth. This memoir he tells the story of how he conspired, connived, improvised, and insisted his way to this 'coup'. Full description
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