Four spotlights blazed mercilessly on the tiny figure silhouetted against the dark of a summer night and below him a vast crowd sat silent watching a drama which they knew could well end in deathPierre Hurette was about to walk the high wire 100 feet above the Paris Olympiadrome in July 1930 against all the advice of doctors, friends and wellwishers and he knew it could well be the climax — or the end — of his career.
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