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Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb without ropes or safety net

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750470

Here's a segment from a Live television broadcast special covering Ron Kauk and Jerry Moffat on their ascent of Yosemite's Lost Arrow Spire in 1982. John Long is the colour commentator. The full special was 12 hours long, and at one point it was all up on youtube, however not anymore it seems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oWxoAeDGuQ