Filipina recalls witnessing Alex Honnold climb Taipei 101

A Filipina in Taiwan was among those who witnessed Alex Honnold climb the Taipei 101 skyscraper, Taiwan's tallest building. 

In Kuya Kim’s report on “24 Oras” on Tuesday, Melinda Garcia shared what it felt like to watch Honnold’s breathtaking ascent.

“Tuwang-tuwa po talaga ako. Then ‘yung ka-work ko din tuwang-tuwa kasi sabi niya 'bakit ka wave nang wave sa drone?' Kasi sabi ko, amazing din kasi," shaed Garcia. 

"Nakakatuwa na kahit late na kami at least part pa rin tayo ng history na may umakyat na tao diyan sa Taipei 101,” she added. 

Honnold scaled the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without ropes or safety netting.

His “free solo” ascent of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) Taipei 101 took 91 minutes. It was livestreamed on Netflix's “Skyscraper Live.”

In a report by The New York Times, the American rock climber will be paid around $500,000, which is about P29,535,256, for the buwis-buhay stunt.

Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010, a crown currently held by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

This is not the first time Taipei 101 has been scaled.

In 2004, French climber Alain Robert, dubbed "Spiderman" for his ropeless ascents of some of the world's highest skyscrapers, climbed the building, though he did so with a safety rope in a time of four hours. 

—Jade Veronique Yap/CDC, GMA Integrated News