Dune adventure
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Sonja, Celeste and I walked around Montrose Point today to investigate the
aftermath of the Halloween 2014 storm. The shoreline has been altered by
the st...
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Wire walk
If you haven't seen "Man on Wire," rent it. Now. It's a movie anyone can enjoy.
"Man on Wire," which won the best documentary Oscar, is about Philippe Petit, a Frenchman who tightrope-walked between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. What's as amazing as the walk itself, is the level of planning that went into the stunt. Even standing outside, on top of a 1,300-foot-tall building and shooting an arrow across to the other one is absurd.
"Man on Wire," which won the best documentary Oscar, is about Philippe Petit, a Frenchman who tightrope-walked between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. What's as amazing as the walk itself, is the level of planning that went into the stunt. Even standing outside, on top of a 1,300-foot-tall building and shooting an arrow across to the other one is absurd.
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