(FOX40.COM) \u2014 World-famous climber Alex Honnold, a Sacramento native, will climb a towering Taipei skyscraper on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Taipei 101 is a 1,667-foot tower made of steel and glass \u2014 a pinnacle Honnold hopes to summit when he climbs it without ropes.<\/p>\n
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The spectacle will be broadcast live on Netflix at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, Jan. 24. The broadcast was originally scheduled for Friday, but it was postponed due to weather, Netflix said.<\/p>\n
Read more: Alex Honnold is climbing Taipei 101 with no ropes, live on TV. It\u2019s drawing excitement \u2014 and concern<\/p>\n
Honnold, 40, was born in Sacramento in 1985; he attended college at the University of California, Berkeley. He became perhaps the world\u2019s most famous climber after his legendary ropeless ascent up Yosemite National Park\u2019s El Capitan, documented in the film \u201cFree Solo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you look at climbing objectives, you look for things that are singular,\u201d Honnold told The Associated Press late last year. \u201cSomething like El Capitan where it\u2019s way bigger and way prouder than all the things around it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Honnold isn\u2019t the first person who will attempt to climb Taipei 101, though he will be the first to do so without ropes \u2014 his typical \u201cfree solo\u201d style. French rock climber Alain Robert first ascended the building in 2004, as part of the grand opening of what was then the world\u2019s tallest building.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/p>\n
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