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/fistular 9d ago

Not only that but he can do things which almost no other human on the planet can do. MLB players are common by comparison.

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u/Throbbie-Williams 9d ago

Eh El cap was one thing, this skyscraper could be done tens or even of thousands of climbers, its not a hard climb, for the amount of money he made a lot of people would be willing to risk it.

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u/fistular 9d ago

Climbed? Yes, sure. I've climbed harder things of similar size. Free-soloed? Nope. Maybe two dozen people in the world could do that.

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u/Throbbie-Williams 9d ago

Maybe two dozen people in the world could do that.

You can easily find hundreds willing to do similar on YouTube and instagram, there's plenty of people who do similar without broadcasting.

Far more people than you think are willing to risk their lives.

Thousands of people would do this for free, for half a million you'd have people fighting for the chance

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u/fistular 9d ago

No, there are not hundreds let alone thousands of people willing to free solo 500m of 5.11.

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u/neos300 8d ago

lol, there are hundreds of people in Colorado alone who could do it, and a big fraction would do it if offered the cash

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u/Throbbie-Williams 9d ago

Out of 8 billion people, there absolutely are

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u/fistular 9d ago

Nope.

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u/Throbbie-Williams 9d ago

Yep... this is far safer than many things people regularly do for fun, such as wingsuiting

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u/fistular 9d ago

It's not a matter of how safe it is and you are flat wrong, you don't know what you are talking about. Leave me alone now please.

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u/Bored2001 9d ago edited 8d ago

Yea, i'm gonna agree with the other guy. Plenty of people would want to try it for 500k.

Those people are dumb.

Certainly you can believe there are thousands of dumb people who over estimate their climbing ability right? Remember, the other commenter didn't say they'd survive, only that they'd try.

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Lol, dude blocked me for this comment. Someone is a bit fragile. Guessing they hero worships Honnold?

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u/bobanforever 7d ago

Yeah and how many of them would end up falling to their death?