The old man had difficulty climbing the rapid ascent.
The Android's rapid ascent threatens to blunt Apple's lead in the market for high-end smartphones.
Its rapid ascent has led some to question whether China will follow in Japan's footsteps, with the bursting of a massive bubble followed by years of decline.
Last fall, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace convened some of the world's leading thinkers on China to assess the consequences of the country's rapid ascent.
Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley.
