“Free Solo” was released on Dec. 13, 2018, to major acclaim for its look at Alex Honnold, perhaps the world’s most recognizable free solo climber.

Alex Honnold successfully completed his historic climb of Taipei 101, and now he’s telling the tale.

“Actually, if you put it in the context of mainstream sports, it’s an embarrassingly small amount,” Honnold, 40, joked in a story with The New York Times, published Friday, January 22.