Saying yes to out of the box ideas can lead to incredible places. Alex Honnold’s live solo of the Taipei 101 tower seemed to spring out of nowhere, but it was the culmination of more than a decade of effort to make the moment happen. Today, we sit down for a debrief.

Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto  • Cooling Stars by Tahif Attiek  • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell 

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