“Skyscraper Live,” a stream of Alex Honnold’s free solo climb of one of the tallest buildings in the world, reached 6.2 million views on Netflix. The climb, which took place at the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan was originally set to air on Friday,

Alex Honnold successfully scaled one of the world's tallest skyscrapers on Saturday without a rope - so what kind of audience did the risky live event attract? The free-solo climber’s conquering of Taipei 101 aired live on the streamer at 5 p.

How long did it take Alex Honnold to free solo Taipei 101? Final result of Netflix's 'Skyscaper Live' special originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Alex Honnold’s Free Solo climb of Taipei 101 was a smash hit.

In “Skyscraper Live,” the climber once again put his life on the line, but it was mainly the viewers who were on edge.

Popular climber Alex Honnold has revealed his music playlist when breaking a free climbing world record over the weekend.  Televised live on Netflix on Saturday (24 January), Honnold scaled one of the world's tallest skyscrapers,

But that’s exactly how Sanni McCandless felt watching Honnold scale Taiwan’s 1,667-foot Tapei101 at the same time as millions of Netflix subscribers globally. Honnold, 40, is a free climber, meaning he doesn’t use ropes and relies on his physical strength alone to scale buildings.