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'One mistake and it was over!': Inside Alex Honnold’s rope-free climb up 1,667 feet of Taipei 101

January 26, 2026 1 views 1 min read
'One mistake and it was over!': Inside Alex Honnold’s rope-free climb up 1,667 feet of Taipei 101
Alex Honnold opens up about the music and mental discipline that carried him through one of the most dangerous climbs of his career, a rope-free ascent of Taipei 101. From a carefully curated rock playlist to a laser-focused mindset built on presence and repetition, Honnold reveals how he stayed calm while scaling a skyscraper with no safety equipment.

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