5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (245+ words) When it comes to fear of heights, Maddi Haferling was born with the opposite gene " loving heights. The Woodbridge High senior started climbing a door at home at age 4 trying to reach a pull-up bar. By 10, she was signed up…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (160+ words) Do you like climbing " whether a tree, a giant boulder or an indoor climbing wall? Why or why not? Have you ever climbed something really tall? What would be too high for you? How about a 1, 667-foot-tall skyscraper " without a…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (455+ words) American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment. Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as he reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1, 667-foot) tower about 90 minutes after he…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (484+ words) American rock climber Alex Honnold said he was paid an "embarrassing" amount for free climbing one of the world's tallest skyscrapers without ropes or protective gear. The 40-year-old daredevil scaled the massive 1, 667-foot Taipei 101 in Taiwan in just over 90 minutes…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (899+ words) Alex Honnold, the rock climber who famously scaled Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes, will try his hand at a 1, 667-foot skyscraper in a spectacle aired live on Netflix. Honnold will "free solo" Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan and among…...

5+ mon, 3+ week 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…...