The YouTube star would've done it differently.

Alex Honnold says he needed to know if scaling the Taipei 101 was even possible before he did Netflix’s "Skyscraper Live" special, so he turned to a more traditional way of climbing to find out.

How long did it take Alex Honnold to free solo Taipei 101? Final result of Netflix's 'Skyscaper Live' special originally ...

Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, ...

I kind of lost track of space and time,” the American told NBC News' "TODAY" after he climbed the famous skyscraper.

Alex Honnold also famously climbed Yosemite's El Capitan without any ropes or safety gear in 2017.

Famed rock climber Alex Honnold has described some of the things that may work against him in his attempt to free climb one ...

In just over an hour and a half on Sunday morning, Alex Honnold stood atop Taiwan’s tallest building, Taipei 101, having ...

Alex Honnold plans to climb Taipei 101 in his signature free solo style without ropes or protective gear. Netflix will ...

World-famous climber Alex Honnold has once again stunned audiences. This time, by scaling Taipei 101, one of the tallest ...

Alex Honnold successfully scaled one of the world's tallest skyscrapers on Saturday without a rope - so what kind of audience ...