After US climber Alex Honnold free-soloed Taipei 101, copycats have been spotted trying to climb the skyscraper, though most couldn’t get beyond the first level. The clips drew mixed reactions online, with many netizens calling the stunts reckless and dangerous. https://cna.asia/45wR255
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21 Comments
If that company had half a brain cells they would build a sanctioned climbing wall like a park on the side and call it the Alex Free Solo experience. Let Alex help design it and of course have people roped and assisted to climb a mock fake building/wall. They could easily make tons of money capitalizing on the hype.
Wrong shoes to start with 😂
Sushi will be dropping off there soon
Arrestable offense actually. There will always he some idiots to try. Brain dead for even thinking it.
It’s so cringe. Like even if you were able to go all the way to the top. Doing this is a disrespect to the sport and ruins future access to buildings for the pros to entertain us with. Go practice on a 5.12
Guys trying the heel hold with no clue when/how to use it… Just to look legit 😂😂😂😂
Stop trying to make things seem like something else. The title "citizens climb part of Taipei 101 to see what it's like" would have been fine.
lol if they had tried this at the “FreDUMB tower”, they’d have been shot on sight… cos of all the FreeDUMB around of course.
alex pound for pound one of the strongest humans on the planet and an out of this world brain.
有本事，爬上去呀!
magnus
All building should now pass a mild electric current through vulnerable exterior points to deter idiots.
How is that copycat they just trying
"Most appeared unble to get beyond the first level" 😂😂 its that real, lol.
Just fun, wrong title
The Darwin effect.
Most were smart enough not to go beyond the first level, knowing they didn't have the skill and. conditioning to make it to the top.
Alex is a genius
Stupid!
Saying copycat to those people who are just curious. Dumb channel
They’re not trying to climb the building. They’re climbing the first level just to get an idea of how difficult it is.