I’ve seen high wire acts, but never a true life spiderman. I did grow up with a boy who could break into a house by way of an open second story window, which I guess qualifies him as a second story man, if not a spiderman.

Walking on a tightrope between two fixed points is fine, but at the end of the exercise you are no higher. A good deal of energy to stay in the same plane.

This is why I’m more impressed by these daft eejits who climb up the sides of these gigantic buildings. Spidermen.

Speaking of: Saw a cute comedy skit, an elderly Peter Parker giving an interview saying how he was once bitten by a spider, then could shoot webs, climb buildings, swing across cities, capture criminals … but … now … he needs help getting out of a bathtub.

R.