Alex Honnold, the well-known rock climber and star of Free Solo, a 2018 documentary about Honnold’s free climb up Yosemite’s El Capitan with out security gear, is getting ready for one more free-solo climb—and this time he’s going to do it reside. Netflix recently announced Honnold’s deliberate free climb of Taipei 101, a 1,667-foot skyscraper in Taiwan, throughout a two-hour particular referred to as Skyscraper Reside. Netflix says we are able to count on to look at this harrowing feat early in 2026.
Taipei 101 is the eleventh tallest constructing on the earth, however it’s lower than half as excessive as El Cap. Nonetheless, Honnold has fairly a process forward of him; he’ll be doing this with out ropes and with the stress of the entire world watching.
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Honnold won’t be the primary to climb Taipei 101—that accolade goes to the “French Spider Man,” Alain Robert, who climbed the constructing over 20 years in the past. Though Robert can be well-known for his free-solo climbs, he was required by the Taiwanese authorities to make use of a high rope when he climbed the huge constructing again in 2004.
See Robert’s submit explaining the distinction between his ascent of Taipei 101 and Honnold’s deliberate 2026 ascent reside on Netflix:
Will you tune in to look at Alex Honnold free solo a skyscraper reside?
Header inventory picture of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan by Karl Hendon/Getty Photos