
Frenchwoman Anouk Garnier, 34, broke the world record for rope climbing today after scaling the second floor of the 110-metre-high Eiffel Tower in 18 minutes as part of a campaign to raise money to support cancer patients. cancer.
" My dream has come true. I never doubted that I would make it ," said Garnier immediately after the successful ascent, reports the London Guardian.
She added that there were many ups and downs on the way to this record and explained that time was not always her ally.
The previous world record was held by South African athlete Tomas Van Tonder, who in 2020 climbed 90 meters along the rope between the Soueto Towers in Johannesburg.
Danish athlete Ida Matild Stinsgard held the women's record when she climbed the 26-metre high rope of the Opera House in Copenhagen in 2022, but now Garnier holds the record for both the highest climb and the highest competition climb of women.
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