Alex Honnold, the American rock climber who made global headlines with his free solo ascent up the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan on live TV last weekend, says that he listened to a lot of Tool as he made his way up the 11th-tallest building in the world.
On Sunday (January 25), Honnold, 40, climbed the 508m (1,667ft) skyscraper completely by himself with no safety equipment, in what was the highest free solo climb of an urban structure in history. He took one hour and 31 minutes to complete the ascent, which was broadcast live with a 10-second delay via streaming juggernaut Netflix.
