Comment by mykowebhn

3 hours ago

I'm wondering if this is because El Capitan is a much more technically difficult climb and thus posing much more risk than Taipei 101.

6 comments

mykowebhn

Reply
bmitc  2 hours ago

He was able to practice El Capitan over and over, though. Was he able to in Tapei?

  • mapasj  30 minutes ago

    Yes, this past week he was doing a lot of practice with a rope. This building isn't new to him. He's also climbed it in previous years I believe.

  • andrew_lettuce  2 hours ago

    I'd assume - unlike El Capitan - the pitches here are all pretty much identical, so by the time he got to the third or fourth floor he had it figured out

    • dmazzoni  1 hour ago

      If you watch the climb you'll see that the skyscraper definitely wasn't quite so straightforward - there were some interesting challenges along the way.

      Of course, no question El Cap was technically far more challenging.

  • iamcreasy  2 hours ago

    He must have. My impression from the documentary is that he practice the climb route many times with safety gear first.