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Averaging about two minutes a floor, George Willig, 27, climbed steadily up the northeast corner of the great south tower. He moved with a touch of éclat and a forthright manner that clearly indicated he knew what he was doing. An experienced mountain climber, Willig had been planning his adventure for a year. He had punctiliously taken a day of leave from his job as a designer for the Ideal Toy Corp., and was utterly confident that he would make it to the top of his own private Everest...
...carry him up the building, Willig had designed two special T-shaped metal blocks that locked into a track used to guide the heavy scaffolding that carries window washers up and down the outside of the giant structure. He was roped to the blocks, and each of his boots rested in a strap that acted like a kind of stirrup. To go up a foot or so, Willig used a pulley system. He would move one block as high as he could reach and hoist himself up. Then he would unhitch the lower block, attach it above his head...
Spring Happening. By the time he had climbed about ten floors, Willig had created a cheerful springtime happening. Down below, spectators were flocking to cheer him on. Television crews arrived. And so did the cops, but they too became caught up in the spirit of the climb. A couple of cops mounted a window washers' scaffold and rode along with Willig for half the way-close enough to be of help if he wanted any. He didn...
...with the aid of some policemen who acted as Sherpas, Willig scaled the final difficult passage to the roof. The jubilant cheers of thousands of spectators and a triumphant cacophony of horns rose faintly to his ears from 1,350 feet below, and he saluted his admirers with a wave. Then Willig turned and fell into the burly arms of the law. He was fingerprinted and questioned, then booked on charges of criminal trespass, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. The city threatened to sue him for $250,000 in damages-citing the cost of mobilizing the police force, the trouble...
...Willig began to show the stuff of which champions are made. Deftly he lighted the blue bumper. Then he left the fans exophthalmic with a long flip to the hundred target. After bouncing the ball between the blue and yellow bumpers. Willig was home free. It was a moment that will he remembered as long as The Game is played...