Famed climber Alex Honnold made history by completing the highest free solo climb of an urban structure in history, scaling the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 skyscraper. Despite the achievement, Honnold was paid in the mid-six figures for the Netflix event, which he considered a small amount compared to mainstream sports contracts. Honnold expressed that he would have climbed the building for free, emphasizing that he was paid for the spectacle