# Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire

Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 19 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/PhilippePetit_2012)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/PhilippePetit_2012?play=1)