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.
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
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 alex's perspective from that image he crossed his right leg here so his weight is entirely on his left foot plus maybe a minor hand hold 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.
my work hired him as a speaker and he referred to death in an offhand casual way like 20 times in 30 minutes
this was in the text message at the very start https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105809181/armatron
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.
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.
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
what if Magnus has actually free solo climbed before and was very comfortable but is just a great actor is that possible
he has actually free soloed before but going up something site unseen is pretty wild, even if the rating is easier
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.
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.
Ondra at 17 was already sending routes that Chris Sharma put up but couldn’t complete. He’s a goofy motherfucker but definitely the goat.