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Alex Honnold’s wife’s five-word response to husband climbing Tapei 101
Alex Honnold’s wife shares what she was really thinking watching husband climb Taipei 101 - Honnold climbed one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world over the weekend without any ropes
In “Skyscraper Live,” the climber once again put his life on the line, but it was mainly the viewers who were on edge.
While Alex Honnold attempts insane feats like scaling Taiwan's 101-story Taipei101 for Netflix's Skyscraper Live, it's the support of wife Sanni McCandless that truly lets him operate without a net.
How much was Alex Honnold paid to climb the Taiplei 101 skyscraper? Inside the "an embarrassingly small amount" he received.
Popular YouTuber MrBeast stated he would have paid over $500,000 for Alex Honnold's Taipei 101 free solo climb. Honnold scaled the skyscraper without safety gear on January 25, 2026. Netflix reportedly paid him about $500,