How Much Money Did Alex Honnold Earn for Historic Netflix Skyscraper Free Solo Climb?

Professional rock climber Alex Honnold revealed his payday for scaling the 1,667-foot skyscraper Taipei 101 without any safety equipment live on Netflix on Sunday.

According to Sasha Wayman of E! News, Honnold told the New York Times in an interview published on Friday that he was paid in the "mid-six figures" for his free solo climb. While he didn't reveal his exact compensation, he called the total "embarrassing," especially when compared to other athletes.

"Actually, if you put it in the context of mainstream sports, it's an embarrassingly small amount," Honnold said. "You know, Major League Baseball players get like $170 million contracts. Like, someone you haven't even heard of and that nobody cares about."

However, Honnold wasn't necessarily upset at his payment, as he made it clear that he would've done the climb for free.

"If there was no TV program and the building gave me permission to go do the thing," he explained, "I would do the thing because I know I can, and it'd be amazing."

The 40-year-old rose to fame after his solo climbing adventures were chronicled in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo. He became the first person to climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without safety ropes in 2017.