Racers climb up 86 flights to top Empire State Building

Racers climb up 86 flights to top Empire State Building

Competitors start the 32nd Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in New York, Feb. 3, 2009. Racers climb up 86 flights of New York's Empire State Building.


Thomas Dold, (L) of Germany, passes another competitor on the 65th floor of the 32nd Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in New York, Feb. 3, 2009. Dold won the men's division of the 86 floor race to the top of the Empire State Building.


Suzy Walsham, (L) of Australia, and Thomas Dold, of Germany, pose together after each winning the 32nd Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in New York, Feb. 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)