American rock climber and Free Solo star Alex Honnold efficiently scaled one of many world’s tallest skyscrapers, Taipei 101, with none security web or ropes. In doing so, he set a brand new file for the tallest city free solo in historical past.
Honnold accomplished the ascent of the 101-floor tower in simply 1 hour and 31 minutes as a part of a reside occasion that aired on Netflix. The climb occurred on Saturday, January twenty fourth, after initially being scheduled for January twenty third however postponed as a result of unhealthy climate.
Forward of the climb, Honnold advised Netflix’s Tudum that viewers would “in all probability be on edge watching this,” however hoped they might “get slightly little bit of my pleasure from the expertise — that they’ll admire the enjoyable of it and the fantastic thing about it, the surroundings, simply the entire expertise.”
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In a post-climb interview with Variety, Honnold stated he was by no means involved about ending the climb, although the wind and fatigue did turn out to be components as he reached the highest of the constructing. “I undoubtedly observed the wind. After which, yeah, I used to be getting drained slightly by the highest. I wasn’t involved that, ‘Oh, I’m so drained. I’m gonna fall off,’” he stated. “However I used to be like, ‘OK, I’m feeling it!’”
Honnold additionally shared that he listened to Tool whereas scaling the constructing. “It’s a random playlist that I made, that I shared with manufacturing. I made it months in the past whereas I used to be driving. I’ve been coaching to it a bunch. Principally, rock music that I’ve favored my entire life. A part of the enchantment of music is that really it helps me with pacing. Every bamboo field had been taking me about 5 to 6 and a half minutes. I simply understand how lengthy the songs are. So it provides you a way of in case you’re going quick or sluggish.”
The occasion is at the moment out there to replay on demand by way of Netflix.
Honnold’s largest earlier stunt was his 2017 ropeless ascent of the three,000-foot sheer granite wall of El Capitan. His 2018 documentary movie, Free Solo, received each a BAFTA and an Academy Award.
