![]() They book up very quickly when they release the next series of tours.Īlso recommend you check out the rooftop garden at the adjacent transit center. And there's a nice assortment of chairs, benches and couches if you want to spend part of the short tour time to relax and soak up the view from one side of the building.Īnd you probably know that you have to sign up for the tours, months in advance. There are a couple hundred people on each tour, but there's a decent amount of room to spread out without bumping into each other. So your photos may be uninspiring, compared to your brain factoring those two out while you sight see. There are reflections off the inside of the windows. There are some challenges, trying to take photos of the jaw-dropping view:Ģ. So the maximum viewing time you will have, is one hour. The earlier you go through that process, the more time you get to spend enjoying the view. It takes time to go through the registration desk, and security. If you have time beforehand, line up early. Tour ends promptly at the end of the one-hour time slot. It's one-stop shopping for all of the major SF landmarks: Bay Bridge / Alcatraz / GG Bridge / Oracle Park / Ferry Building / Chase Center. We exited the building and felt it was a one and done. “Everything OK, don’t you want to stay longer” We took the elevator down by ourselves and were met with confused faces at the bottom. We could have stayed for an hour but were bored after 20 minutes. San Francisco, not so much yes, you see the Bridges, Bay and the smaller buildings in the area but it did not excite us. Full disclosure, I have been to the top of Taipei 101, Willis Tower and the Burj Khalifa and those were spectacular views. Īt the top, it was a nice view but not spectacular. A quick verification of our appointment with ID and a walk through the security detector was done expeditiously. The “helpers” were very hyper and excited that we were there. It was a patchy cloudy day and looked like it would clear out by the time my wife and I reached the top. Being in San Francisco, the biggest concern whether we would see anything if the fog rolled in. Robert also said that he carries his passport with him during his climbs, explaining that it is “very reassuring for the authorities” when he is arrested.ĬNN’s Mahatir Pasha contributed to this report.I signed up for a couple of tickets to go to the top of Salesforce at the end of September. It may sound a bit scary and crazy but this is the way it is,” he added to the UK’s Press Association. “I fully feel alive when my life is at stake. He told CNN before the climb that he was feeling nervous, as he does before all of his climbs. ![]() ![]() He has been arrested around 120 times for similar stunts since he began climbing buildings 20 years ago, his manager said.įormerly known as the Heron Tower, it is London’s third-tallest building and becomes the sixth structure that Robert has scaled in the city. Robert has previously climbed a number of the world’s best-known skyscrapers, including the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Dubai’s 828-meter Burj Khalifa. #HeronTower #salesforcetower #london #climbing /Wgp8oLUe9X- Tom Bamborough October 25, 2018 The climb took around an hour, with police cordoning off the tower and waiting to arrest Robert when he arrived back on the ground. Stunned office workers took pictures as Alain Robert climbed the 230-meter Salesforce Tower in the UK capital’s financial district, occasionally waving to crowds as he ascended. The 22-year-old did so without any safety rope or. A daredevil climber known as the “French Spiderman” has scaled a London skyscraper with his bare hands. The anti-choice activist, best known as the 'pro-life Spiderman,' was arrested after climbing a 1,070-ft-tall Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.
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