Things only get really serious from the 27th floor. On the way to the top of Taipei 101, Alex Honnold is already about 90 meters behind him, but by then the wall tilts slightly forward, similar to a very steep pyramid. Gravity is still an ally, but from the 27th floor it becomes a deadly enemy: from here the facade of the eleventh tallest building in the world overhangs. Now if Honnold slips, there is nothing to hold him. He’s climbing unsecured – and a global audience will watch him do it live via Netflix.
