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After watching the documentary about him I don't really like the person, but here's my take: will he be doing the same if there was no TV, nor social media?

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He's been doing this since he was a child, much of it without TV and social media. But this specific tower? Doubt it.

He’s said in multiple interviews (like on his own climbing podcast, Climbing Gold) that he’d do it for free with no publicity. He’s been trying for a very long time to get permission to do something like this, just because it’d be really cool.

The fact that Netflix was behind it might’ve made it possible to get permission to climb this specific tower though.

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