圖片及英文原文出處https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gl0njzxjdo
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Climber Alex Honnold scales 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear
攀岩者亞歷克斯·霍諾德徒手攀登101層摩天大樓，未使用任何安全裝備）
發稿記者：Ottilie Mitchell
American climber Alex Honnold has successfully scaled a Taiwan skyscraper without a rope, harness or safety equipment.
（美國攀岩者亞歷克斯·霍諾德（Alex Honnold）成功徒手攀登台灣的一棟摩天大樓，未使用繩索、安全帶或任何防護設備。）
The building, named Taipei 101 for the number of its floors, stands at 508m (1,667ft) of steel, glass and concrete and is designed to resemble a stick of bamboo.
（這座建築名為「台北101」，因其樓層數而得名，高達508公尺（1,667英尺），由鋼鐵、玻璃與混凝土構成，設計靈感來自竹子。）
Honnold is renowned for being the first person to climb El Capitan, the vertical granite cliff in California's Yosemite national park - also without ropes or safety gear.
（霍諾德以成為首位徒手攀登加州優勝美地國家公園內垂直花崗岩峭壁「酋長岩」（El Capitan）的人而聞名——同樣未使用繩索或安全裝備。）
The climb was originally set to take place on Saturday but was delayed by wet weather.
（這次攀登原定於週六進行，但因天候潮濕而延後。）
His ascent in Taiwan's capital was streamed live on Netflix, which said there would be a delay on the live feed should the worst happen.
（他在台灣首都的攀登過程由 Netflix 進行直播，並表示若發生意外，直播將會延遲。）
Honnold completed the climb in one hour and 31 minutes and celebrated the achievement with one word: "Sick."
（霍諾德在一小時三十一分鐘內完成攀登，並以一句話慶祝成就：「Sick。」）
His time more than halves the record of the only other person to scale the tower.
（他的成績遠遠不到另一位成功攀登該大樓的人所創下的紀錄的一半時間。）
Alain Robert, a Frenchman who called himself "Spiderman", made it to the top of Taipei 101 - at the time the world's tallest building - in four hours. He did so with ropes and a harness.
（法國人阿蘭·羅伯特（Alain Robert），自稱「蜘蛛人」，曾在台北101仍是世界最高建築時成功登頂，耗時四小時。他當時使用繩索與安全帶。）
圖片及英文原文出處https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gl0njzxjdo
