Alex Honnold made it savely to the top of Taipei 101 tower in 1:31h.The difficulty grading is estimated to be around 5.11c (6c/6c+), which is a medium technical difficulty for experienced climbers, but still hard when you do it for 1,5h on a very exposed building.via @gripped https://gripped.com/profiles/alex-honnold-free-solos-taipei-101/Edit: fixed french grading to 6c.#climbing
The problem was first climbed by Sean Bailey in 2024
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Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a free ascent of Joy Division (F8b, 800m), Val di Mello, Italy.
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A new film just dropped that features the highly accomplished climber talk about everything from projects to family
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Some of the best climbers in the world are set to compete in Olympics combined finals this weekend
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