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Alex Honnold live free solo climb of Taipei 101 on Netflix (Done)
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:17 pm
Alex is climbing Taipei 101 at 7:00 pm CT tonight on Netflix. The start of the climb will be interesting but it could become a tedious watch pretty quickly. Once you see how he climbs a section, it gets repeated many times until he gets to the top. The idea is that it's dangerous and you might watch a man die live on TV, but in interviews he makes it sound like a fun vacation and there's nothing tough about the climb. "Low risk, high consequences" in Alex-speak.
netflix.com/tudum/articles/how-to-watch-alex-honnold-skyscraper-climb-live-netflix
Update:
The climb was postponed to the same time tomorrow (Saturday) because of weather:
hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-postpones-alex-honnold-skyscraper-live-climb
netflix.com/tudum/articles/how-to-watch-alex-honnold-skyscraper-climb-live-netflix
Update:
The climb was postponed to the same time tomorrow (Saturday) because of weather:
hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-postpones-alex-honnold-skyscraper-live-climb
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 8:56 pm
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:02 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
His free solo climb of El Cap is, in my opinion, the greatest human feat ever accomplished. I watched the documentary in theatre my palms sweating the entire time 
I would assume there’s going to be some type of delay so if something does go wrong nobody sees him fall to his death on live tv.
I would assume there’s going to be some type of delay so if something does go wrong nobody sees him fall to his death on live tv.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:25 pm to cfish140
Who was the guy who died doing free solo (im sure there’s more than one but this guy was often considered one of the best). There was a doc on him I watched a couple years ago and was fascinating
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:38 pm to HeadChange
Not sure who you are referring to. Alex has pointed out that free solo climbers who have died usually did not die while free soloing, or if they did die while free soloing, it wasn't from a hard move, it was from simple mistakes (mental fatigue).
Dean Potter died while BASE jumping.
Dan Osman died doing a rope dive/swing thing (sorta like a bungee jump).
I think Brad Gobright rappelled off the end of his rope.
Dean Potter died while BASE jumping.
Dan Osman died doing a rope dive/swing thing (sorta like a bungee jump).
I think Brad Gobright rappelled off the end of his rope.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:41 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Found it…The Alpinist, Marc Andre Leclerc, died in an avalanche in Alaska
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:58 pm to HeadChange
Ah yeah, that was a great documentary.
And he's another guy who didn't die while specifically doing the dangerous climbing he was known for.
And he's another guy who didn't die while specifically doing the dangerous climbing he was known for.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:56 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Didn’t those guys actually summit the mountain and then got wiped out by an avalanche on their way down?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:03 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Is he going to jump off into a bale of hay after he reaches the top?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:05 pm to MississippiLebowski
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Didn’t those guys actually summit the mountain and then got wiped out by an avalanche on their way down?
Yeah that's what I remember as well, they were on their way down. Just another random avalanche that happens even at ski resorts.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 6:21 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Alex Honnold live free solo event tonight at 7 pm CT (Netflix)
I thought it was tomorrow?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 6:42 pm to minvielle
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I thought it was tomorrow?
Originally scheduled for 7 pm tonight. Just got postponed a few minutes ago to tomorrow because of weather:
hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-postpones-alex-honnold-skyscraper-live-climb
Oh, maybe this was what you heard, original schedule was Saturday in Taipei:
quote:
Alex Honnold was slated to attempt a daring ascent of Taipei 101, one of Asia‘s tallest buildings — at 9 a.m. local time in Taipei on Saturday, or 8 p.m. ET on Friday.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:55 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Oh, maybe this was what you heard, original schedule was Saturday in Taipei: quote:Alex Honnold was slated to attempt a daring ascent of Taipei 101, one of Asia‘s tallest buildings — at 9 a.m. local time in Taipei on Saturday, or 8 p.m. ET on Friday.
Yep glad it got postponed now because I would have missed it lol. On another note re watching this dude climb El Cap is one of the most insane things ever all time. Like part of me wants to believe it wasn’t real
Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:36 pm to cfish140
quote:Yeah this will be a cakewalk compared to El Capitan. Can’t say any documentary ever got my blood flowing quite like Free Solo did
His free solo climb of El Cap is, in my opinion, the greatest human feat ever accomplished. I watched the documentary in theatre my palms sweating the entire time
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:57 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
quote:Without a doubt. Literally piece of cake for him. I'll watch it though.
Yeah this will be a cakewalk compared to El Capitan.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:41 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
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Can’t say any documentary ever got my blood flowing quite like Free Solo did
It was exceptionally well done. Jimmy Chin is brilliant.
Watch Meru if you haven't.
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:03 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
We're live!
He hasn't started climbing yet.
He hasn't started climbing yet.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:06 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
So... Seth Freakin Rollins is calling this thing?
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:12 pm to MemphisGuy
He got past the first obstacle!
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:19 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Alex is being a bit of a ham for the crowd. This is a distraction he's not used to.
These announcers are super annoying.
These announcers are super annoying.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:20 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
This is super anxiety inducing.
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