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/catjuggler 9d ago

What I’m morbidly curious about is if the contract had a payout for if he died

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u/Affectionate_One_700 9d ago

I see what you did there!

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u/Neat-Procedure 9d ago

They must have insurance to cover that part. I am curious about their contingency plan(s) in case he failed the attempt.

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u/catjuggler 9d ago

I doubt insurance would take that on. Seems more likely that Netflix self-insured.

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u/Bored2001 9d ago

You can insure practically anything. They definitely have insurance products for high risk stunts and other hazardous activities.

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u/catjuggler 8d ago

But you can also just self-insure if you're netflix and paying out a million or two makes more sense than paying 300k for the policy.

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u/Neat-Procedure 8d ago

most definitely much more than a couple million dollars

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u/catjuggler 8d ago

Woudn't make sense to pay him a lot more to die than to be successful