US EditionUS climber scales Taiwan's tallest building Taipei 101 without ropes
Alex Honnold free solo climbed the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 skyscraper in about 90 minutes, a first rope-free ascent broadcast live on Netflix's global Skyscraper Live event.
- On Sunday, American rock climber Alex Honnold began a free-solo ascent of Taipei 101, broadcast live on Netflix with a 10-second delay.
- With 101 floors and a 24-hour rain delay from Saturday, organizers postponed the climb of Taipei 101, Taiwan's 508-meter skyscraper.
- Using horizontal metal beams and L-shaped outcroppings, Honnold pulled himself up and maneuvered around ornamental structures while resting on balconies within segmented sections.
- Onlookers cheered as Honnold paused to face them in a red short-sleeve shirt, and the live broadcast drew both excitement and concern over the ethics of the climb.
- At 508 meters , Taipei 101, 508-meter skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan, showcases the climb's scale, with Alain Robert, French rock climber, previously scaling it during its grand opening.
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The US free-climber Alex Honnold climbed a 508-meter-high building in Taipei. The 40-year-old climbed the skyscraper "Taipeh 101" in Taiwan's capital in about an hour and a half without any protection. The action was broadcast live online by streaming provider Netflix.
American climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan this Sunday, without ropes or protective gear. The feat reached 508 meters high and developed before hundreds of people on the street and a global audience through a ten-second transmission of Netflix.The arrival at the top occurred about an hour and a half after the start. Honnold, 40, was wearing a short-sleeved red shirt. Upon reaching the final needle of the building …
TAIPÉI.– The American climber Alex Honnold, one of the most recognized figures of modern mountaineering, ascended on Sunday the Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or any kind of protective equipment, in an extreme feat that combined spectacle, risk and polemic.The ascent, about 508 meters high, was followed live by hundreds of people gathered at street level and by a global audience through a transmission of Netflix with a delay of ten seconds.…
American climber Alex Honnold took a little over an hour and a half for climbing and then gave life advice: "Time is limited, use it to the best"
The American rock climbed Alex Honold to Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, without insurance or special equipment.
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