There are few things more casual than professional climber Alex Honnold calmly describing his latest life-or-death escapades in interviews, and the footage above with Jimmy Kimmel is no exception.

As someone who recently learned to rock climb, free solo climbing is hands-down one of the scariest things I can imagine doing. Free solo climbing is an extreme version of the sport where the climber ...

Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — For 92 minutes on a clear Sunday morning in Taipei, thousands of spectators with jittery nerves stared upwards, while people across the world were glued to their screens, as ...

Climber Alex Honnold has completed a free solo ascent of Taipei 101 in Taiwan, not using any ropes to scale the massive 1,667-foot skyscraper — and he did it live, as the world watched on with bated ...

FameFamed rock climber Alex Honnold masterfully ascended one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers in Taiwan’s capital without a rope. "Sick," he said, standing at the top of Taipei 101 with a panoramic ...

Alex Honnold is a daredevil like no other, risking his life every time the 40-year-old "Free Solo" star rock climbs. Yet, this time in a Netflix special, Honnold traded in mother nature for a ...

Months before the world tuned into Netflix’s Skyscraper Live, Alex Honnold was already deep into one of the most grueling training regimens of his life. The famed free solo climber, 40, prepared to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. During Skyscraper Live, Honnold set a new record with his free solo climb — a climb without ...