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Wet weather has forced free solo climber Alex Honnold to postpone his highly anticipated attempt to scale Taipei 101, disappointing crowds who gathered from early morning to watch the historic attempt.

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00:00American climber Alex Hinault's plans to climb Taipei 101 were foiled by the weather on Saturday,
00:06disappointing the hundreds of fans who woke up bright and early to come here and check out the spectacle.
00:11Quite disappointed they can't see him today, but of course his safety is number one.
00:16Don't want anything to happen, so it has to be pushed till tomorrow.
00:19So be it, we'll show up tomorrow and see him perform again.
00:30I believe it's not very dangerous, but I always think it's not very good.
00:40So tomorrow is even better.
00:42Honnold's plan is to stream his free solo ascent of the half-kilometer tower live on Netflix,
00:48meaning he will climb it without ropes or protective equipment.
00:52Given the very real risk of death if he makes a mistake,
00:54members of the production team told Taiwan Plus on Thursday that the attempt could be delayed
01:00if rain makes the building's glass and steel facade too slippery to ascend safely.
01:05I'm here just to see someone embody the human spirit, definitely limitless.
01:11I feel like he shows that if we could put our mind to it, we could definitely achieve something great.
01:17And I mean, yes, postponed, but I'm just glad it's safer to do it another time,
01:23rather not see another, you know, a tragic end.
01:28Really big event for Taiwan as well, like one of the most famous persons in climbing history is climbing Taipei 101.
01:34明天會再來,明天會再來.
01:36因為我自己平常就有在攀岩,然後也看過他的紀錄片.
01:40所以想說第一次有機會看到本人爬這種東西,還是會想要看.
01:44Now Netflix has already rescheduled to climb for Sunday,
01:48and you can be sure that at least some of these people will be here bright and early
01:52to watch Alex Hanole try and make history.
01:55Klein Wang, Sandy Chi, and Brynn Thomas, in Taipei, for Taiwan Plus.
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