New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- American rock climber Alex Honnold, who has grabbed eyeballs for climbing one of the world's tallest skyscrapers in Taiwan without protective gear, has revealed that he was paid an "embarrassing" amount for undertaking the risky feat. In an interview with the New York Post, Honnold stated that his payday was nothing compared to what other professional athletes earn.

"I'm not gonna say. It's an embarrassing amount," Honnold said. Actually, if you put it in the context of mainstream sports, it's an embarrassingly small amount. You know, Major League Baseball players get like $170 million contracts."

"Like, someone you haven't even heard of and that nobody cares about," he added.

The famous rock climber declined to d...