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2026-01-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Daredevil Alex Honnold reveals 'embarrassing' fee he was paid to climb 101-story Taiwan skyscraper live on Netflix without a harness

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-26 05:52|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1796 views ] Top

1 Triggered from a posting from yesterday.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-26 07:55|| 2026-01-26 07:55|| Front Page Top

2

Mid 6 figure .... $500K+/- no bad for a few hours work.

But, how many will this incite to top it, and result in future deaths?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-26 08:17|| 2026-01-26 08:17|| Front Page Top

3 I was going to comment about doing stupid things for no good reason, but as long as he got paid...

(do I need the end snark thing?)

Posted by Mercutio 2026-01-26 10:11|| 2026-01-26 10:11|| Front Page Top

4 On the scale.
Encouraged to climb by an autistic father.
Fantastic attention to detail, and exclusion of others.

Also watch free SOLO

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-26 16:28|| 2026-01-26 16:28|| Front Page Top

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