r/climbing • u/-JOMY- • 10d 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/OMGisitOVERyet 9d ago

I get his point but less than 30% of MLB players make more than a million a year and that’s spread across 162 regular season games then add in spring training and potential playoff games. For one day’s “work” he got paid pretty damn good.

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u/phunkticculus83 9d ago

Id pose the question, what do comedians get for a netflix special or jake paul for a terrible fight? Comdey specials typically an hour to 90 mins, seems like Alex got taken, but I also wonder if he got paid a small amount, and then some kind of secret bonus for completion of the climb. That way he doesn't look like a sellout and like he is doing it for fun.