It’s the streaming event of early 2026. Far from the granite of Yosemite that forged his legend, Alex Honnold has abandoned the cracks of El Capitan for the steel angles of Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. A 508-meter solo climb, broadcast live to millions of viewers on Netflix: Skyscraper Live is the name of the dangerous show devised by the streaming giant, with Alex Honnold as the climber-stuntman.
There is something strange, almost surreal, about seeing Alex Honnold, the only person to have climbed El Cap solo in the monastic silence of Yosemite Valley, climbing this time under the digital spotlight of a streaming giant. Yet on Sunday morning in Taipei (Saturday evening in Europe), Alex Honnold proved that vertical climbing remains his domain, regardless of the medium.
After a 24-hour delay due to unpredictable weather—reminding us that even Netflix can’t script the rain—Honnold set off on the Taiwanese