Before You Can Walk a Tightrope…..
My cousin is a trapeze walker and after having a discussion with him, I learned that to walk on a type rope is a lot harder than it looks. And the worst part is that it looks really hard. They fall so much that the first thing they have to learn is the right way to fall. After I had put some thought into that it made a lot more sense.
If a tightrope walker were to fall and were inexperienced at falling he would not know how to move his body to take the least amount of damage. Not only that, but he may just simply panic. He could land in a way that he could never walk again; or worse.
So I guess the moral of the story is that tightrope walking is no walk in the park. It’s more like a walk across a thin rope that is suspended in the air. Just remember that next time you’re at the circus enjoying the show. It may be even more enjoyable knowing how difficult it is to walk a tightrope!
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