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unusual facts about tightrope



Aquarius Festival

Also appearing were the South African pianist Dollar Brand (later known as Abdullah Ibrahim), and tightrope walker and unicyclist Philippe Petit, who gained worldwide fame the following year by walking between the rooftops of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center.

Broderick Smith

"Last Train from Mobiltown" / "Faded Roses" / "Tightrope" / "High Rise" / "Back Off, Baby Brother" / "I Was Here" / "Fortune Favours the Bold" / "My Father's Hands" / "The Devil Drives (Ray's Song)" / "Ruby in the Snow"

Falko Traber

He is a direct descendant of one of the oldest artistic families in Germany, the legendary Zugspitze tightrope artists.

Punt gun

Desmond Bagley's 1973 thriller The Tightrope Men features a percussion-fired punt gun.

So Do I Say Sorry First?

"So Do I Say Sorry First?" is a pop rock song written by Klaus Derendorf, Stephanie McIntosh and Tom Nichols, produced by Derendorf and Nichols for McIntosh's debut album Tightrope.

The Steph Show

The show, in the same vein as The Ashlee Simpson Show, had cameras following McIntosh as she recorded her debut album Tightrope which was released on 9 September 2006.

Tightrope walking

Henri L'Estrange, 19th century Australian; first person to tightrope walk across Sydney harbour and early balloonist

Walk the Moon

The band's second single, "Tightrope," was used in a commercial for the HP Envy 4 Ultrabook laptop.


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