Renowned free climber Alex Honnold, known for his daring ascents without ropes or safety equipment, is preparing for a new challenge: scaling the exterior of Taipei 101, the 1,667-foot skyscraper in Taiwan. The event, titled Skyscraper Live, will be broadcast globally as a two-hour live stream on Netflix on January 23 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

Honnold, originally from Sacramento, California, is celebrated for his historic free solo climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on June 3, 2017. He remains the only person to have completed the 3,000-foot granite ascent without ropes, finishing in just under four hours.

While Honnold has tackled some of the world’s most challenging natural rock faces, climbing a skyscraper presents a unique set of difficulties. Buildings like Taipei 101 are consistently vertical and require repetitive movements, which test a climber’s endurance in new ways. This will be Honnold’s first attempt at climbing a man-made structure of this scale.

Reflecting on the upcoming climb, Honnold shared, “I think I’ve always had curiosity about what it would feel like to climb a building this big. I’ve climbed tons of huge walls in the world but never something man-made like that. Most rock faces, even the ones that look vertical, aren’t actually vertical the whole way—whereas the building is vertical the whole way, so it’s cool. It’s just a difference, and it’s exciting.”

Plimsoll Productions is producing Skyscraper Live, with Al Berman serving as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Honnold himself, Grant Mansfield, James Smith, Alan Eyres, and Jonathan Retseck.

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