Climbing the Chase Tower

LIVE PHOENIX, AZ BREAKING NEWS PERSON SCALING PHOENIX BUILDING | VIEWER DISCRETION ADVIS but what makes the Chase Tower hard that the same muscles get worn down specifically on my shoulders and my legs

A climber in a gray hoodie uses his arms, legs, and back to stem upward between the walls of a tall building, with first-person footage showing the narrow gap and a safety crew near the top. A mock news banner introduces the absurd spectacle, while the serious climbing narration explains that repetitive moves exhaust the same muscles; the joke is the increasingly desperate visual proof of that claim. It works as a reaction to being physically or mentally worn down by repetitive work, especially when there is “nothing to do but suck it up” and keep going. EN: A climber in a gray hoodie uses his arms, legs, and back to stem upward between the walls of a tall building, with first-person footage showing the narrow gap and a safety crew near the top. A mock news banner introduces the absurd spectacle, while the serious climbing narration explains that repetitive moves exhaust the same muscles; the joke is the increasingly desperate visual proof of that claim. It works as a reaction to being physically or mentally worn down by repetitive work, especially when there is “nothing to do but suck it up” and keep going.

Out of all seven buildings that I've climbed, the hardest has been the chase tower. I've seen harder moves in other buildings, but what makes the chase tower hard is that every move is the same. The benefit is that there are no surprises, but the challenge is that the same muscles get worn down. The technique I used is called stemming, and it is very strenuous, specifically on my shoulders and my legs. And when your legs are toast, there's not much you can do, but suck it up, shut your brain off, and keep climbing.

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