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4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (760+ words) Jaimie Ding And Taijing Wu TAIPEI " Towering high above Taiwan's capital city at 1,667 feet (508 meters), Taipei 101 dominates the skyline. The earthquake-proof skyscraper of steel and glass has captured the imagination of professional rock climber Alex Honnold for more than a…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago   (315+ words) World-renowned climber Alex Honnold is set to tackle an exhilarating challenge on January 23. He will ascend Taipei 101, one of the tallest skyscrapers globally, in a live performance broadcast via Netflix. The feat not only tests his physical limits but also…...

20+ hour, 5+ min ago   (336+ words) MILLCREEK, Utah " Dry tooling is a form of ice climbing practiced without ice, and it now has a towering new home in Millcreek. The 65-foot-high ice climbing simulator opened Saturday at Millcreek Common on the side of the Millcreek City…...

21+ hour, 37+ min ago   (654+ words) I never thought I'd need to get this high to write a story, but when I tackled indoor climbing at Roca Climbing & Fitness, I found myself suspended by my fingertips and an auto belay rope about 45 feet above the gym…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (949+ words) On a video call, Gabriel Tallent is recounting a terrifying climbing experience he hoped to capture in his second novel, "Crux," a relentlessly intense but often funny coming-of-age story. "I was on a climb called Batwing Deluxe," he recalls, describing…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (680+ words) He says shape of building makes it safer to climb with balconies on every 8 floors "Jan. 19, 2026 17:58 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) " US free solo climber Alex Honnold said the unique design of Taipei 101 makes it a relatively safe and compelling skyscraper to…...

3+ day, 11+ min ago   (477+ words) The developer of a proposed rock climbing gym in northeast Fort Wayne is expected to save more than $477,000 in real property taxes. City Council last week approved a 10-year tax abatement for the developer Townsend Hill Holdings, LLC to build…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (334+ words) Free solo climber Alex Honnold is about to risk his life by scaling the Taipei 101 " one of the world's tallest buildings " on Netflix this week. Netflix, of course, has expanded its live event coverage over the past few years, from…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (833+ words) In the first year of my PhD program, after a particularly bad week, I decided I was going to hike a mountain. Not a real one, with cliffs and glaciers: I was not stupid. I had never willingly gone on…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (309+ words) In his assured second novel, "Crux," Gabriel Tallent asserts that friendships are as intricate and significant as any relationship bound by blood or romance. If "Crux" were an episode of "Friends," it would be called "The One Where They Go…...