Alex Honnold
I Did not Make A lot Climbing Taipei 101!!!
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Alex Honnold says the cash he made free solo climbing one of many tallest skyscrapers on the earth was shockingly low.
The legendary rock climber revealed his payday for scaling Taipei 101 — a 1,667 foot, 101-story tower — was “embarrassingly small,” particularly when in comparison with the huge contracts earned by mainstream professional athletes. The demise defying climb, which aired dwell on Netflix, earned Honnold a “mid six figures” payout, in line with the New York Instances.
Regardless of the modest examine, Honnold says the cash wasn’t the motivation. In actual fact, he admitted he would’ve taken on the harmful climb even with out a paycheck if he had permission from the constructing.
“If there was no TV program and the constructing gave me permission to go do the factor,” Honnold instructed the paper, “I’d do the factor as a result of I do know I can, and it might be superb.”
The stunt took simply over an hour and a half and added one other jaw dropping achievement to Honnold’s resume. He famously grew to become the primary individual to free solo climb El Capitan in Yosemite in 2017.
