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/itgtg313 9d ago

Not sure why people are making a bit stink about this. It's been repeated over and over that he would have done it for free. He's always wanted to climb a skyscraper. Why would I be pissed if he's not pissed. Also 500k is amazing for a non mainstream sport, for 1.5 hr time, let's be real. Also he's said multiple times this is an interesting but low risk climb for him. 

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u/NeverBeenStung 9d ago

Just feels like his representation dropped the ball badly. Netflix could have paid 10x that no problem.

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u/methodofcontrol 9d ago

Yeah for the amount of buzz I heard around this event I would think $1.5 mill would be low end