Overview
- The live special, Skyscraper Live, begins Friday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Netflix.
- Honnold will free solo the 1,667‑foot tower without ropes, harnesses or nets, noting a fall would likely be fatal despite balconies every eight floors that may reduce the danger.
- Months of preparation included roped rehearsals on the building and planning for the overhanging “bamboo boxes” that form the most demanding 64 middle floors.
- Plimsoll Productions enlisted safety advisers and risk firm Secret Compass, placed camera teams close to Honnold, maintained two‑way communication, and set weather and back‑off contingencies.
- The broadcast uses a 10‑second delay and features analysis from Elle Duncan, Emily Harrington, Mark Rober, Pete Woods and Seth Rollins as ethicists question the impact of televising such risk.