Taipei 101 Chair gets in harness to view city from 460m up
Taipei 101 Chair gets in harness to view city from 460m up
2026-01-29
The entire world was glued to their screens last weekend, as American climber Alex Honnold made his way to the top of the 508-m Taipei 101 unaided. And in Taiwan, the Honnold effect continues. The Chair of the Taipei 101, Janet Chia on Thursday got a closer look at Honnold’s path to the top from a special observation platform. The Skyline sits at 460m above the ground, and offers uninterrupted views of the entire Taipei basin. Although the views are stunning, the focus on the deck now is not the scenery. Instead, it is the corner from which Honnold entered the final stretch of his ascent to the tip of the skyscraper’s spire. Chia says that, though she was nervous, the trust she had in Honnold and the team, and the thrill of the live event made the climb the best day of her life.
Janet Chia
Taipei 101 Chair
My home is also that way. If you come up here, you can look for the landmarks of your life from being a child to an adult.
Taipei 101 Chair Janet Chia has no limits. At 460m above the ground on the Skyline, Asia’s highest observation deck, she showed cameras the best spots.
Tang Shih-ching
FTV reporter
We are on the Skyline 460 on Taipei 101, which affords views of the city from 460m above the ground. You can see the entire Taipei basin stretching into the horizon. And this corner is where climbing ace Alex Honnold made his way to the top.
With resistance suits and safety harnesses, you don’t have to look at the city through a glass panel or through a fence. There’s all-round unobstructed views of the capital’s landmarks, the Keelung River and Yangmingshan. But the most popular spot is this.
Janet Chia
Taipei 101 Chair
This is the corner that Alex climbed up from. From here, you can see what he was seeing at the time.
On his free solo climb up Taipei 101, Alex Honnold went past this very spot to reach the top of the spire at 508m.
Janet Chia
Taipei 101 Chair
Reaching the top myself was a big challenge, and of course, it’s a very different view. Nothing like this has ever been done before. It was nerve-racking, but it wasn’t really stressful. The thing with Alex did give me pressure from many different places, of course. But it’s not like I didn’t have confidence in myself. I trusted Alex and the entire team. Though I couldn’t relax fully, I knew it’d be a success.
Chia faced considerable skepticism when she took over as the chair of the Taipei 101. Now that she’s put Taiwan on the map thanks to Honnold’s climb, some say she should run for mayor.
Janet Chia
Taipei 101
I will absolutely, 100%, definitely not run in the Taipei mayoral election. That should be left for people who have experience in city governance.
Chia says she has no intention of turning to politics. Her next goal is the Taipei 101 vertical marathon, where she hopes to reach greater heights.
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揭101神秘面紗 賈永婕登460米高親自帶看Skyline
2026-01-29
在美國攀岩家霍諾德成功徒手攀登508 公尺高的台北101引發國際矚目後，董事長賈永婕今天首度公開現身，親自開箱460公尺高的Skyline，讓媒體體驗霍諾德視角。她受訪感性說，那天是她人生中最美好的一天，任內不會再接受任何攀爬的申請。對於被點名選台北市長，也親自回應，「絕對絕對不可能」！
[[台北101董事長 賈永婕]]
“還有我家，也在這個方向，大家可以上來花一些時間，找一下你從小到大成長的一些軌跡”
賈董真的沒極限，台北101、460公尺、亞洲最高的Skyline 戶外觀景台，親自帶你登高看。
[[民視記者 唐詩晴]]
“我們現在所在位置，就是台北101的460公尺高的這個天際線，可以看到大台北盆地是一望無際，盡收眼底。但這個角落最特別的地方，就是在上週攀岩好手Alex Honnold，就是從這個角落，一路攻頂”
穿上阻力衣和安全鎖，一般人不必隔著強化玻璃，也能360度無死角感受高空魅力，不光著名地標，基隆河、陽明山，這裡看，視野一級棒，但現在最紅的是這個角落。
[[台北101董事長 賈永婕]]
“剛好就是Alex爬上來的時候的角落，所以往那邊看下去呢，就是他的視角”
美國攀岩好手Alex Honnold，就是從這條路線，一路攻頂，從下仰望，就能看到508公尺高的避雷針。
[[台北101董事長 賈永婕]]
“自己攻頂其實就是一個挑戰，然後其實當然那是一個很不一樣的視野，也從來沒有做過這個，這件事情是緊張，但是不是壓力，可是Alex這件事情當然會有壓力，你會有很多不同的層面，那可是我覺得我不是對自己的自信，我是對Alex的信任，然後對所有的團隊，雖然沒有辦法是真的很放鬆，可是我知道這件事情一定會成功”
頂著不少質疑當上101董事長，賈永婕成功讓世界看見台灣，如今更被力拱角逐台北市長大位。
[[台北101董事長 賈永婕]]
“絕對、絕對、絕對不可能，參加台北市長的選舉，還是要交給真的很有市政經驗的人”
無心參政，把目光投向下次垂直馬拉松，次次帶領團隊，走向高峰。
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