极限攀岩者亚历克斯·霍诺德透露，他攀登台湾一座101层摩天大楼的惊险壮举，却只获得了“少得可怜”的报酬。
这位40岁的美国人于周日上午成功无绳攀登了高达1667英尺（约500米）的台北101摩天大楼——这座曾经的世界最高建筑。
他惊险刺激的攀岩表演由Netflix进行了现场直播，但为了以防万一，直播画面延迟了10秒。
霍诺德在攀登约90分钟后到达塔顶，街上的人群爆发出热烈的欢呼声。他身穿红色短袖衬衫，高举双臂，并自拍留念。
但据《纽约时报》报道，霍诺德参与此次挑战的报酬仅为“六位数中段”。
他承认，如果台北101大楼愿意允许他攀登，即使没有Netflix的参与，他也会免费完成这项挑战。
他说，“如果没上电视节目，大楼允许我去攀登，我肯定会去，因为我知道自己能做到，而且那将会非常精彩。”
霍诺德曾以无绳攀登优胜美地国家公园酋长岩而闻名，他利用一些L形的小凸出部作为落脚点，从一个角落攀登上台北101大楼。
他时不时需要绕过一些从塔楼伸出的大型装饰结构，徒手攀爬。
这座大楼共有101层，其中最难的部分是中间部分的64层——那些赋予大楼标志性外观的“竹盒”。
这段攀岩路线分为八段，每段都有八层陡峭的悬垂攀爬，之后是阳台，霍诺尔德会在阳台上稍作休息。
“景色真是太棒了，难以置信，天气真好，”他事后说。“风很大，我当时就想，千万别从尖顶上掉下去。我努力保持平衡。但那真是一个绝佳的位置，一个欣赏台北美景的绝佳视角。”
对于霍诺尔德来说，有欢呼的人群一开始让他感到有些不寻常，甚至有点紧张，因为他的攀岩路线通常都在偏远地区。
他说，“当我离开地面的时候，你会觉得，哇，这感觉有点刺激，这么多人都在看着我。”
“但说实话，他们都在祝我好运。我的意思是，这让整个过程感觉更像是一场节日，这么多好心人出来支持我，一起享受快乐时光。”
这场备受瞩目的活动在全球范围内引发了热议，但也让一些粉丝质疑这位40岁男子的动机，因为他已婚，育有两个女儿。
霍诺尔德并非首位攀登这座摩天大楼的攀登者，但却是首位无绳攀登者。
法国攀岩者阿兰·罗伯特于2004年圣诞节当天攀登了这座大楼，作为当时世界最高建筑盛大开幕仪式的一部分。
他耗时近四个小时才完成攀登，几乎是预期时间的两倍，而且当时他肘部受伤，还饱受风雨侵袭。
霍诺尔德此前已进行了数月的训练，他曾表示自己并不认为攀登会很困难。
他说他已经在大楼上练习过相关动作。在一次攀岩播客节目中，他补充道：“我不认为这会很极端。”
“我们拭目以待。”我认为这是一个完美的平衡点，它既有足够的难度让我投入其中，而且显然也是一次有趣的攀登。
Daredevil climber Alex Honnold has revealed he was paid an ’embarrassingly small’ fee for his death-defying ascent up a 101-storey tower in Taiwan.
The 40-year-old American successfully scaled the 1,667 feet Taipei 101 skyscraper – formerly the world’s tallest building – on Sunday morning without any ropes.
His nerve-shredding stunt was broadcast live by Netflix, although the feed was on a 10-second delay in case tragedy struck.
Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Honnold reached the top of the spire of the tower about 90 minutes after he started. Wearing a red short-sleeve shirt, he waved his arms back and forth over his head and took selfies.
But, according to The New York Times, Honnold only received a ‘mid six-figure sum’ for agreeing to take part.
Although he did admit he would have done it for free if Taipei 101 was willing to give him permission to do the climb without Netflix’s involvement.
‘If there was no TV program and the building gave me permission to go do the thing, I would do the thing because I know I can, and it’d be amazing,’ he said.
Honnold, known for his ropeless ascent up Yosemite National Park´s El Capitan, climbed up one corner of Taipei 101 using small L-shaped outcroppings as footholds.
Periodically, he had to maneuver around and clamber up the sides of large ornamental structures that jut out from the tower, pulling himself up with his bare hands.
The building has 101 floors, with the hardest part being the 64 floors of the middle section – the ‘bamboo boxes’ that give the building its signature look.
Divided into eight, each segment has eight floors of steep, overhanging climbing followed by balconies, where he took short rests as he made his way upward.
‘It was like what a view, it´s incredible, what a beautiful day,’ he said afterward. ‘It was very windy, so I was like, don´t fall off the spire. I was trying to balance nicely. But it was, what an incredible position, what a beautiful way to see Taipei.’
Having a cheering crowd was unusual and a bit unnerving at first for Honnold, whose climbs are usually in remote areas.
‘When I was leaving the ground, you’re like oh it´s kind of intense, there´s so many people watching,’ he said.
‘But then honestly, they´re all wishing me well. I mean basically it just makes the whole experience feel almost more festive, all these nice people are out supporting me and having a good time.’
The much-anticipated event caused excitement across the globe but led to some fans questioning the 40-year-old’s motive, given he is a married father of two girls.
Honnold is not be the first climber to ascend the skyscraper but is the first to do so without a rope.
French rock climber Alain Robert scaled the building on Christmas Day in 2004, as part of the grand opening of what was then the world’s tallest building.
He took nearly four hours to finish, almost twice as long as what he anticipated, while nursing an injured elbow and battered by wind and rain.
Honnold, who had been training for months, previously said he did not think the climb would be hard.
He said he had practiced the moves on the building. Speaking on a climbing podcast, he added: ‘I don’t think it’ll be that extreme.
‘We’ll see. I think it’s the perfect sweet spot where it’s hard enough to be engaging for me and obviously an interesting climb.’