If you haven't made it to where you start playing as Desmond again, please stop reading.
 
 Ok, when Desmond starts tripping out and you get to play as Altair, there's a weird glitch. I'm hoping someone who's made it passed can help me. You have to chase this girl and she eventually goes into some tower. The game tells you to climb this tower, however, when you reach about half way, I am unable to grab that plank of wood that would normally allow me to go higher. I'm not sure why he won't reach for it but I can't progress until im done this part and it seems to be broken
 

never mind. After about 150 tries i got it. jeeze

I'm having the same issue, what did you finally do different if anything?

You have to keep jumping up the door and hope for the best. They should really fix this part as there's no other way to get around

How lame, thanks.

The easy way is to run up the wall on the one side of balcony and jump toward the ledge

I was jumping ledge to ledge with little luck. I'd occasionally leap from the ledge to my death causing me to retry that scenario more times than I would have cared to.%Pr