Despite a smoggy start to the day, visibility at the Bird's Nest improved in the hours before the event began.

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Beijing's Bird's Nest, the wonder of the world in 2008, is underused, goggled at by day-trippers and the odd concert-goer.

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Two aiders and a rat's nest of other equipment hanging off my harness made getting through the trees to the ground the crux of the day.

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Part of our training, every other day, was to climb up to the mast and go all the way to the crow's nest.

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