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.

Alex Honnold successfully completed his historic climb of Taipei 101, and now he’s telling the tale.

“Actually, if you put it in the context of mainstream sports, it’s an embarrassingly small amount,” Honnold, 40, joked in a story with The New York Times, published Friday, January 22.