Alex Honnold - Free Solo airs 8 pm CT (he’s still alive)

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  1. Truman

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    Ive watched a few of Mangus' videos in the past. He's absurdly strong and usually does climbing walls and Ninja Warrior stuff.

    It did seem like he was peer pressured into doing it by Alex, which seemed a little yucky.
     
  2. Nole0515

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    He was most peer pressured into it. But I don’t think it was intentional. It’s just how Alex’s brain works. I can do this easily, so he can do it
     
  3. Pokes

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    That was a million times more intense than watching honnold climb by himself. Holy shit man
     
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  4. racer

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    You know Alex will be fine. Anyone else is a toss up.
     
  5. Handcuffed

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    alex made me way more uncomfortable than the other guy. magnus is talking about always having three connections to the rock for safety. meanwhile, alex is way more casual and has the camera and backpack weight.

    he said he had a strong foothold here but no hands and twisting backwards
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    alex's perspective from that image
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    he crossed his right leg here so his weight is entirely on his left foot plus maybe a minor hand hold
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    i had always thought that alex was really controlled and safe (to the extent that a free soloist could be). this was the first video i had seen where he came off somewhat reckless imo.
     

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  6. GoodForAnother

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    my work hired him as a speaker and he referred to death in an offhand casual way like 20 times in 30 minutes
     
  7. AHebrewToo

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    Does anyone know the route they were on? It looks like it is in Black Canyon, but not positive.
     
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  10. Trip McNeely

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    Free soloing is so foreign of an idea to me. Like I can't even wrap my head around wanting to do it. My palms are sweaty as I type this.
     
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  11. Gunners

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    gotta know what you’re getting into, that was a nothing experience for Honnold.
     
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  12. kinghill

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    It was a one-time once in a lifetime experience for Magnus

    or does he do more free solos now? I don't think so.
     
  13. gus_chiggins

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    Ok, I was fine until they switched to the go pro. Heart is sort of pounding now
     
  14. JohnLocke

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    I honestly think if that dude had died right in front of Honnold he wouldn't have much of a reaction and just says something deadpan like "That's unfortunate" and then moved on with his day
     
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  15. kinghill

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    what if Magnus has actually free solo climbed before and was very comfortable but is just a great actor is that possible
     
  16. Handcuffed

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    he has actually free soloed before



    but going up something site unseen is pretty wild, even if the rating is easier
     
  17. Eathan Edwards

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    Wasn't sure where else to put this - came up in my recommended and hadn't seen it before - pretty wild to see/hear Honnold say someone is the best climber by far and no one else is even close.

     
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  18. clemsonvianj

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    Honnold said that because it's true
     
  19. Fargin' Icehole

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    Dude is so fun to watch. His ability to make the hardest routes look easy is insane.
     
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    came 200 vertical meters from the top of Mont Blanc via Italian Route last week. bummed but felt like it was the right decision at the time. Had a hell of a day and week out though, eager to get into more alpine stuff.
     
  21. skiedfrillet

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    fuuuuck all that. when it went to magnus' pov at like 26min that shit was terrifying
     
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  22. gus_chiggins

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    Watching the go pro footage was very disorienting and horrifying
     
  23. AHebrewToo

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    The music is what made the GoPro footage so spooky.

    That is like 5.7 climbing on secure jugs.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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  26. Futureman

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  28. racer

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    He’s not dead, weirdos.
     
  29. AHebrewToo

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    male GOAT.

    Janja is the GOAT.
     
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  32. Sir Phobos

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    every goddamn time this thread gets bumped istg
     
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  33. 40wwttamgib

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    the man who bumps this thread to tell us he’s died may never come back after that ridicule.
     
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  34. The Milkman

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    I don’t smoke, but I feel like I need a cigarette every time I open this thread
     
  35. Dillingham

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    climbed something that Honnold has for the first time...Took me 12 hours and 14 pitches what he and Caldwell did in about 90 minutes and 3 pitches LOL. Aguja Guillamet - the little one on the right of the Fitz Roy massif.

     
  36. Imurhuckleberry

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    Beautiful. That’s pretty big time.
     
  37. Whammy

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    I did Kili with some buddies and the most fit among us (marathoner, extremely active) was the only one who got sick at the camp below the summitt. I’ve heard similar stories from other people, wondering if there is something to that phenomenon.

    We also went way faster than recommended, did the whole up and down in essentially 4.5 days
     
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  38. Fusiontegra

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    Semi-related.

    Anyone watching The Climb on HBOMax? Hosted my Sharma, standard reality show, weekly challenge rules, but it's a bunch of amateur climbers climbing all over the world to win 100k and Prana sponsorship. Some really dope locations.
     
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    If I was to make a guess it’s that when you are used to being the fittest person around you maybe don’t listen to your body as much? Push a bit harder and help out a bit more? Prep for the low ppO2 a bit less because you’re a low level superhero?
     
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  40. AHebrewToo

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    Reel Rock trailer for Honnold Ultimte Red Rock Traverse

     
  41. AHebrewToo

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    Epinephrine, the chimney system he is in in the picture on the video, is the most physical climbing I've ever done. I did it trading pitches with a partner, wearing climbing shoes, trailing my pack, with rests at each belay.

    Alex is climbing it 30+ hours into his epic, with his backpack, without a rope, and IN HIS FUCKING TENNIS SHOES!

    He is a maniac.
     
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    Just checking
     
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  43. Fudd

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    Gotcha bitch
     
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  44. soulfly

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    Can’t even imagine what races through your mind in those ephemeral seconds as you free fall to your death.
     
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  45. gus_chiggins

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    When free soloing, it has to be some form of “oh my god I’m a fucking idiot for doing this”
     
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  46. fish

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    they all have a death wish
     
  47. soulfly

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    I mean, climbing in general. I think I may have mentioned it in this thread already, but watched a friend of a friend have two hexes fail in a row, so he fell an easy 20+ feet and I was certain the rest were going to rip out given the velocity he was falling at.

    That fucking psychopath took like 5 minutes to gather himself and proceeded to complete his climb. I have a decent amount of friends that engage in this activity, and there’s a laundry list of injuries that go with it.

    I’m fairly risk averse so none of this is for me. But even if I weren’t, and did do this shit, my mom would be like an American Gladiator climbing up to rip my shit off of it :laugh:

     
  48. gus_chiggins

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    Climbing can be safe barring a catastrophic gear failure. Free soloing is just several bridges too far. Pure insanity
     
  49. Oranjello

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    You suck
     
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