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Battersea Power Station - vast, exposed | 0:00:00 | 0:00:04 | |
and officially, on the dangerous buildings list. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
Now the location for an extraordinary Red Nose Day challenge. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:12 | |
I'm going to walk from that chimney to this one. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
It's going to be 150 metres long. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
I'll be walking on a wire suspended 66 metres in the air. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
It is, without doubt, going to be the scariest walk of my life. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:27 | |
On today's Blue Peter special, how I learnt to high wire walk. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
An act attempted by only a few highly trained performers. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
I'm doing it for Comic Relief, to help change the lives | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
of people in Africa and in the UK. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
'In my way - fear.' | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Not enjoying this. I really want to get off. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
'Frustration.' | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
I just feel like I have to shut up and deal with it. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
'And pain.' | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
I'm in so much pain, you've got no idea! | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
I'm not going to lie to you, it really, really is painful. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
I started training last November on a low tight wire. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
There was more falling than walking. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
This is so annoying. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
With practise, I finally found my feet | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
and took on my first live performance. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
I lost my concentration not once... | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
but twice. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:29 | |
It was terrifying but I did it. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
Now, to the next stage. I'm off to France to my high wire bootcamp | 0:01:39 | 0:01:44 | |
run by Jade Kindar-Martin. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
Jade is one of the world's top high wire artists. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
He's trained for years to perform at this level. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
He even broken a world record, crossing the River Thames. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
Jade's training wire is 80 metres long and 20 metres high. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
10 times the height and length I'm used to | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
and less than the width of a ten pence piece. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
I feel like I should be scared and intimidated | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
but my first impressions are I want to get on with it. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
I've got a big challenge at the end of this | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
and the sooner I get stuck into learning how to do it, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
the sooner I can put that challenge to bed. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
I just don't think there's any point putting it off. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
It's long, isn't it? It's a bit longer than I expected. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
I... Hmm. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
I've only got four weeks to learn this, so there's no time to waste. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
We're trying to prepare her to do something that's taken me | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
20 years of my life to prepare for. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
Let me see how you balance. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
Let me see what you learned these past couple of weeks. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
Now, look out in front of you. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
-That's good. -I'm harnessed to a safety rope running above the wire | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
and I can't seem to let go of it. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:09 | |
-I underestimated this. -Turn around. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
Each foot you take, feel yourself on the wire. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
-Shall I let go of the wire? -No. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
I was a bit disappointed in her level of... | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
I thought she had been practising a little bit more | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
and was more capable of keeping her balance. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
We've got more work than I expected. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
HELEN SCREAMS | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
-That's what happens when you fall. -OK. -Come on. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
I feel like I've just had a wet fish of realisation slap me in the face. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:55 | |
This is hard. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:56 | |
So far, I've used my arms to balance. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
To be a high-wire walker, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
I'll need to use a balance pole like the experts. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
This is your only balance now. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Hold that further. Good. Pull it in. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
Feel that sense of weight in your hands. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
The pole moves, you don't move. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
To understand why I need a balance pole, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
I've got to get my head around some simple science. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
To stay balanced on the wire, I'll need to keep | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
the middle of my body, or centre of gravity, above the wire at all times. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
I can't lean very far to one side before I fall off. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
Holding a heavy balance pole lowers my centre of gravity, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:45 | |
making me more stable on the wire. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
If I start to fall to one side, by gently tipping the pole | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
in the opposite direction, I should be able to regain my balance. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
It will help me but it's pretty heavy. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
My balance pole is six metres long and weighs eight kilograms. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
It's a bit like carrying two big shopping bags. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
Fight for the balance. Don't just let it be there | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
and if it's not there, it's not there. Really go after it. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
I have to learn to control the pole before I'm allowed to walk with it. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
This is the most annoying thing in the world. Oh, Skelton! | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
Fight, fight, fight. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
-Shall I have a go? -A go with this? | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
No, you can't even walk one step with that. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
I stand there, try and do it and fall off. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
I stand there, try and do it and fall off, for hours. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
And it's really frustrating because you don't move on. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
Until she can hold the pole and stay in place and do everything | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
I need her to do, I'm not going to let her walk on the wire. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
It's not safe for her. It's not safe for me. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
It's not fun for anybody. It's going to put us two steps back. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
I haven't done anything yet. I want to get on the wire. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
I want to start to walk across it | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
because only then I will feel like I can do this. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
Wire walkers have to be super-fit, | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
so the next day I start a new exercise regime | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
with Jade's wife, Carine, a stuntwoman and gymnast. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
We ran, we walked, we skipped, we've hopped, we've carried rocks | 0:06:28 | 0:06:34 | |
and that's just the warm-up. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
Jade won't let me walk on the wire until I can use the pole safely. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
So all I can do is practise for hours... | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
..and hours and hours. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
Instead of using your top body to move the pole, use just your arms. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
That's it. You need to start fighting for your balance. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:03 | |
Finally, it all starts to click into place. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
Yesterday, I couldn't stay here for more than a few seconds | 0:07:10 | 0:07:14 | |
I didn't understand what I was doing with this thing. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
Now I get it. It's kind of resistance. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
It's so heavy. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
My Red Nose Day high wire walk over Battersea Power Station | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
will be 150 metres. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
That's a long way to carry that balance pole. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
I'm getting off. One, two, three. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
Very good. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
Yeah! | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Finally, I prove I can handle the pole, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
so Jade lets me try a few steps along the wire. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
Just stay there for a second. Get your bearings. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
Relax. Breathe, remember, breathe. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
Keep your body straight. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
I get just over a metre. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
It might not look far | 0:08:07 | 0:08:08 | |
but it's a good way to end my first stint at Jade's bootcamp. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:13 | |
Oh, my word. I cannot tell you how good this feels. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
Ta-da! | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
You did it. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
Thank you. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
Yeah! | 0:08:26 | 0:08:27 | |
She's into it. She's ready to work | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
and getting her strength up in her arms will be really important. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:35 | |
Over the times she's not here, | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
she needs to do a lot of working out and bicep training. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
Time to leave France and head back to the UK. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
Despite my busy schedule, I have to make time for extra training. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
Good. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
That's it. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
And time. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:58 | |
You look at the weights and think it's easy, but going for that long... | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
The publicity for this year's Red Nose Day campaign is kicking off. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
Comic Relief, the charity behind Red Nose Day, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
changes millions of lives by funding projects in Africa and the UK. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:18 | |
I hope you'll be inspired to do something funny for money. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
But the pressure of my challenge is getting to me. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
My brain feels scrambled. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
This is something I've never had to deal with. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
If I don't get halfway, even ten or 12 paces, it won't be funny. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
It will be embarrassing. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
I didn't think about this, really, did I? | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
When I return to France, it doesn't look like there'll be much training. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:48 | |
It's freezing. Look at the snow. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
I mean, this is just a total winter wonderland, isn't it? | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
There's so much snow that I can't go on the wire. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
All I can do is stand here and do some work with this pole, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
which I need to do, because it's heavy. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
I know the snow's so pretty, but it's a hindrance. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
Who says it has to be all work? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
Oh, that was a good one! | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
I did not do that to my teacher! That was him. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
One man down! | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
I've got to wait for things to improve. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
I just have to remind myself why I'm here. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
Do I want to be running in the snow, doing push-ups on the ground? No! | 0:10:39 | 0:10:45 | |
But I feel it's a means to an end and I feel it will be worth it. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
I'm doing this because I believe in the projects that Comic Relief funds | 0:10:48 | 0:10:55 | |
and I've seen what a difference it makes. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
After the snow, there's even more bad weather keeping me off the wire. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:06 | |
SCREAMS IN FRUSTRATION | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
It is frustrating because I just want to get on with it. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:20 | |
But when it rains, it's too dangerous for me to go out there. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
If I do myself an injury then I won't be able to do the challenge. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
All I can do is exercise and get on the wire whenever I can. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
So, come on, rain. Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
Finally, the rain eases and Jade decides to let me on the wire. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
-Ready to go out there? -Yep. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
Just remember that you want to be really strong on your ankle. | 0:11:54 | 0:12:00 | |
-If you feel your ankle's sagging, you may slip. -OK. OK. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
One... | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
..two. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
One... | 0:12:20 | 0:12:21 | |
..two. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
I'm definitely optimistic | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
and confident that she's going to do what she needs to do. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
The wetter that your shoes are going to become, | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
the more slippery they are. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
Don't bend. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
The rain sets in again, but at least I got halfway across. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:05 | |
We've danced with danger enough for today. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
I'm not going to get carried away. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
I'm just going to deal with it every day | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
and take each little milestone as it comes. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
When I get to the end, then I will go nuts. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
Until then, this is just the stepping stones to getting there. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:24 | |
I'm definitely improving, but it's a slow process. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:29 | |
Jade gets me to watch myself so I can see where I'm going wrong. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
That's not too bad, is it? I'm upright. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
See how you move right there? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
See what I'm always talking about, dropping that shoulder. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
Keep your shoulders square. Move your pole wherever you want to. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
I need to know how to move more gracefully. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
So for the answer, I'm turning to the world of ballet. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
Ballet dancers use deep stomach muscles to help them balance. | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
Their core strength. Jade thinks the same technique might help me. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
Loretta Summerscales is in Swan Lake with English National Ballet. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:09 | |
She's taken time out to meet me, along with teacher, Louise Halliday. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
Even standing, you look elegant. I just feel like I'm like this. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:19 | |
It doesn't take much. It's about thinking about it | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
and someone said to me, the best way to develop core strength | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
is to think about it all the time. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
Not to come in and do exercises, not to do sit-ups. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
But when you're standing still, or sitting down, | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
or brushing your teeth. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
Exactly what Loretta is saying here. It's engaging these muscles. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:43 | |
First, up to fifth. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:44 | |
The deepest core muscle is the transversus abdominis. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:49 | |
It stabilises the middle of the body and most use it without thinking. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
How would you walk normally? Just without thinking about anything. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:01 | |
Yeah, your hips are definitely... yeah. Try now walking. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:07 | |
Don't think about anything else. Try walking just holding your core. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
There - the hips have stopped already. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
Is that better? We really are taking it back to basics. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
If you're walking like that, then when you're on the wire | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
you're not using your hips to compensate. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
Helen, show us the pole. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
The whole idea is to keep as much of your feet on the wire as possible. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:38 | |
The longer I'm on the wire, the more I hunch because it's heavy. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
If this is heavy, you hold it. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
If that's heavy and you let your shoulders go down, | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
how much heavier is it? | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
If that's heavy and you've got your shoulders... | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
..back, you have more control. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
I'm going to be going everywhere like this from now on. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
-You have your handbags and your keys. -Tea, anyone? -And a biscuit. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
If it becomes my default position, that's good. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
I need to incorporate that into every minute of my days. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
-Thank you, ladies. -Thank you. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
I'll be honest. There was a bit of me that was thinking this morning, | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
how much can I really learn in one hour? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
In truth, that has made me feel really good and really confident, | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
because the things I worry about are the things that ballet dancers | 0:16:24 | 0:16:29 | |
deal with every time they step out on stage - the posture, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
the performance, the balance. And those mind tricks will help me. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
I feel like I have tools now to deal with everything a bit better, | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
so massive confidence boost. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
And right now, that's what I need. I need to think high wire and smile. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
This is the first time I've smiled for a long time. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
Back at bootcamp, | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
I use what I have learned to improve my performance on the wire. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:04 | |
I'm now walking much further and really starting to look the part. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:16 | |
Helen's concentration has improved. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
You can see it when she gets out there. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
Overall, she's doing really well physically. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
Lock your knees together. There you go. Lock your knees together. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
-Much better. You see that all of a sudden? Did you feel that? -Yep. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:49 | |
The true test of a professional high wire walker is knowing | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
what to do when things go wrong. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
-Whoa... -Oh, no. Come on now. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
'I lost my concentration and slipped off.' | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
Imagine you didn't have that rope. Would you have let yourself fall? | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
-No. -What concerns me is you just jumped. You didn't go for the wire. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:21 | |
That's what a high wire walker does. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
He takes control of the situation, of the wire. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
You don't just let yourself fall to the side. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
Ohh, it's hurting. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
-Now pick your head up. More. There you go. -I got up. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:45 | |
Better? Is it not? | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
No? | 0:18:50 | 0:18:51 | |
-Don't look... It's not so bad! -No, it's not what I'm saying at all. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:58 | |
When it goes wrong... Everythign's going great, | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
then all of a sudden... And that's what we're training for, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:06 | |
so you don't feel yourself swinging back and forth. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
Yeah. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:11 | |
I have to listen to my own lessons. It is hard, cold, uncomfortable. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
I don't know if I can do it. I have to listen to myself | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
and I must believe what I'm saying, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
which is - impossible and difficult are two different things. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:38 | |
Night-night. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:41 | |
Rather than rely on the harness, | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
Jade thinks it's important that I learn to grab the wire if I fall. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
Oh, dear. This is going to hurt. This is going to hurt. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
-I need to go from there. -Now, put the balance pole on the wire. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
Ow! | 0:20:05 | 0:20:06 | |
Oh! | 0:20:08 | 0:20:09 | |
No, no, no, don't do this. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
There you go. Not the other one. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:24 | |
JADE LAUGHS | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
I'm not letting go, though. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
There's no getting away from it. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
Slamming my body on to a thin piece of steel over and over again hurts. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
Don't take your hands off. Keep your knee on. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
Look right at me. Look right at me. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
I don't need to talk you through it. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
Wire...wire. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
Ow! Ow! Ow! | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
But after a bit of determination | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
and a lot of pain, I'm finally cracking the technique. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
I haven't walked from one end to the other, but Jade thinks I'm ready. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
She's gotten to the point where I'm feeling better about her strength. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:26 | |
You know, now she just really needs to be able to focus. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:30 | |
But just when I think it's going well, | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
something happens that disrupts my training. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
Last night, I just started throwing up. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
Apparently there's a sickness and diarrhoea bug going around France | 0:21:41 | 0:21:46 | |
and now is sure not the time. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
It's bad enough that every time I move, I feel ill, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:57 | |
but I can't even sit on the toilet because my bottom's so bruised. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:02 | |
I want my mum. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
Even with delays, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
I've had nearly a month of training on the wire. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Now, for the first time, I'm going to attempt to walk the whole thing. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:21 | |
-You look more scared than me, Jade. -I think you can do it. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
You need to be not afraid of the wire. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
If you get into a situation, crouch down. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
-Keep one foot in front of the other. Keep walking. -OK. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
I'm balancing 20 metres above the ground. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:49 | |
-Keep your knee bent. -The further I go, the slacker the wire feels. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:57 | |
It just feels more wobbly. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
I can hear the river beneath me and I can see the rocks. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
Don't get over-eager. Now's the hard part. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
Pole goes one side, pole goes the other side. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:17 | |
The last part is uphill, but I'm almost there. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:22 | |
Breathe, remember. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:23 | |
End of the wire. Keep going. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
Look to your right. Put it in the little... Right there. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
It's such a relief to do that. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
Happy? | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
-Pretty good. Pretty good. -I'll take that smile. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
Tomorrow, my high wire journey reaches its climax. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:02 | |
Battersea is three times the height of my practise walk | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
and also twice the length. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
So Helen will be challenged. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
Can I control my fear, or will Battersea overpower me? | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
This is just taking away every bit of confidence I have. Literally. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:19 | |
Look at me! I'm hunching my shoulders and I want to hide. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:24 | |
One of the major things that Helen's going to have to overcome | 0:24:24 | 0:24:30 | |
is the first step. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:31 | |
Come on, Helen! | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
The wire is waiting. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
Come with me on the scariest walk of my life. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 |