Legendary free solo climber Alex Honnold is set to attempt a climb of Taiwan’s tallest building, Taipei 101, in a live, two-hour Netflix special appropriately named Skyscraper Live.
According to Netflix, the show will premier in early 2026. Taipei 101 is named for its 101 floors, standing at 1,667 feet tall. It is the 11th tallest building in the world..
โSkyscraper Liveย will kick off 2026 as our latest global must-watch live event. Watching Alex Honnold free-climb Taipei 101 will be an adrenaline-inducing spectacle that you canโt look away from. Everyone will be talking about it as it happens.โ – Brandon Riegg, Vice President of Nonfiction Series & Sports at Netflix.
Skyscraper Live will be produced by Plimsoll Productions with showrunner and executive producer Al Berman. Other EPs on the show will include Alex Honnold, Grant Mansfield, James Smith, Alan Eyres, and Jonathan Retseck.
