How much did Alex Honnold earn for climbing Taipei 101? An ‘embarrassing’ amount, he said

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