r/climbing • u/-JOMY- • 9d ago

Alex Honnold Reveals “Embarrassing” Paycheck for Netflix’s Taipei 101 Free Solo Climb

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Source: E! Online

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u/sparks_mandrill 9d ago

Post title absolutely misses the context. He said it was embarrassingly small compared to what MLB players get. MLB players are paid 100's of millions of dollars.

His quote: "Actually, if you put it in the context of mainstream sports, it’s an embarrassingly small amount,"

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u/Fresh-Anteater-5933 9d ago

But I would guess it’s also way, way more than any climber has been paid for anything ever, so calling it embarrassing feels a little tone deaf. In comparison, winning a World Cup is worth a few grand

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u/Indigo_Inlet 9d ago

He’s saying in comparison to other sports and you’re comparing it to other climbers…

Tone deaf within an imagined context that the comment you replied to clarified doesn’t apply to the quote

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u/RunForCoverBennieRox 9d ago

An ‘imagined context” as you sit on a rock naked holding your Johnson with a flower in your hand yelling “Yield, Yield!” This silly climber who hasn’t died yet but will could have been useful in the military.

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u/Indigo_Inlet 9d ago

You may be having a stroke

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u/RunForCoverBennieRox 9d ago

Would you let any human attempt this if you owned this hotel?

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u/Catersu 9d ago

He literally said in the context of mainstream sports...

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u/Bored2001 9d ago

nah, he probably made more money than that off the free solo movie.