US EditionRisk and Wonder on Taipei 101
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U.S. climber Alex Honnold climbed the Taipei 101 Tower, a 508-meter-high, 101-story building without ropes and security equipment, in a feat that caught the world’s attention. Despite the magnitude of the challenge, the athlete said that the economic compensation was much lower than expected. The climb occurred on Sunday 25th and was transmitted via streaming with 10 seconds delay. Honnold, 40 years old, explained in an interview with The New Yo…
Alex Honnold, the master of full solo climbing, climbed the Taïpei Tower 101 under the eyes of the world via Netflix and sees his remuneration interrogate the sports planet.
People Keep Trying to Climb Taipei 101 Like Alex Honnold
Random people fancy themselves free soloists after watching Alex Honnold climb Taipei 101. Because how hard can it be? The Free Solo star recently climbed the 1,667-foot skyscraper live on Netflix without ropes or safety equipment. Fortunately, AsiaOne has compiled some of these attempts in a social-media post, so we can all marvel at how not-normal Honnold really is. [RELATED: See Alex Honnold’s Selfie From the Skyscraper He Free-Soloed] “Alex …
Following Taipei 101 ascent, CN Tower free-soloist wants to debate Alex Honnold
The man behind the 1986 record-breaking CN Tower double free solo lap says Alex Honnold can’t claim to have the world’s biggest urban free solo if he was pulling on cables. “Spider Dan” Goodwin is questioning how the Taipei 101 ascent was billed the biggest urban free solo of all time, going as far as challenging Honnold to a debate. “Back when I set the world record for on-sight free soloing both sides of the CN Tower in 1986—40 years ago—I ins…
Golden Nuggets: Free Climbing, Schedule Releases, WAIT HE DID THAT WITHOUT ROPE?
Hello and welcome to Golden Nuggets, our weekly recap article where we try to highlight all the fun, funny, or interesting things you might have missed roughly over the last week across Bear Territory (the whole damn world of course). Think of it like a cheat sheet for small talk about Cal.What Do You Mean He Didn’t Use Ropes?This past weekend while you were watching the California Women’s Basketball team beat Stanford, former Cal Student Alex H…
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