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Running up the Empire State Building is exhausting – and hugely rewarding

27 mins | May 28, 2017
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"It’s a lonely ascent, because there are no crowds to cheer you on." One writer scales the 86 flights himself and finds less heralded moments of triumph along the way. ​

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