When Alex Honnold Fell Free Soloing In A Snowstorm
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Alex Honnold is on the podcast! Who? The guy that free handed Yellowstone? Close enough.
Seriously though, this was such a great interview. We talked about his two most epic solos that nobody heard about, near misses, lessons from other climbing legends like Tommy Caldwell, Jonathan Siegrist, and Peter Croft, pooping while free soloing stories, how the film Free Solo exceeded his hopes and dreams, the commitment to excellence, and much more!
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8:05
Mr. Honnold brings up a great point: what is the hardest free solo down climb?
Only Alex can fall 10 feet with an abyss below and say it was an adventure lmao
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Alex describing in 2 climbing experiences more excitement, fear, dread and near death than most people experience in a lifetime!
Man climbing into 5.11 unfamiliar terrain solo is just such a wild concept.
That man? Albert Einstein
Meanwhile, on another mountain, there's a bighorn sheep frantically scanning the snow for Alex Honnold footprints...
[Most mind-blowing story of death-defying climbing ever told]
“Ok… but you said there were two stories?”
I'm so glad he's still living. What he does is amazing and extremely dangerous. Many have not survived
this solo climbing with Magnus shows exactly how insane he is th-cam.com/video/Cyya23MPoAI/w-d-xo.html
I’m a mountain biker with not much interest in climbing but I follow Alex religiously as he fascinates me through his humbleness, grit, and heart.
The fact that Alex can climb at all with those huge balls is legend
I read the thumbnail as “My Bush Saved My Life” and thought Alex had a giant bush like “yeah, probably”
Alex's mind "if a goat can climb this, so can I."
most seasoned climbers should be able to out climb goats, but monkeys...wth
I had a small manzanita bush save me after I fell on the death slabs under the Regular route on Half Dome - I slipped on some sand on the granite slabs & my haul bag was so slippery I just started accelerating towards a 200' cliff. The bush was about 50' from the cliff and it stopped me, but I kept breaking branches and ended up just hanging from a green branch until my friend lowered a rope and I was able to get back on safe ground. Adventure!
"Yeah I almost died. I was psyched"
Normally you might think a guy telling stories like this is embellishing facts. But this is Alex Honnold. And the movie starring him Free Solo can’t be captured in words.
He's not one of those "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story" type dudes. In fact he probably downplays most of his stories.
The last story with the friend sandbagging him is so funny 😂
This channel is under rated. Wish you the best of luck. Hope you start gaining some traction soon!
Cheers! We've only been going for 3 months so we're psyched! Thanks for the kind words and for tuning in 🙏
Love what you're doing with TH-cam content Steven! Long time fan here - keep it up!
that bighorn indigenous observation is spot on so cool !
i noticed we’re subscribed to like all the same channels, are we friends? friend?
Guided by bighorns, spotted by pine trees.
I can relate. I fell off a ladder into a bush. Lol. Seriously though, I would’ve been f’d up if not for that bush.
Great content; anything you survive injury free is a great adventure. That is old school climber mentality. Totally accepting that death is part of the deal was normal.
Into the 1970s: one in ten climbers who went to the " Greater Ranges"; died. And most climbers aspired to go there.
And climbing mags had a regular obituary section that had deaths of usually notable climbers on a monthly basis.
Holy shit that is wild
But like, why though?
Certified mad man.
I love Honnold, he's the GOAT climber imo.
He’s the GOAT free soloist. Even he admits he’s not thaaaaat good at climbing. Chris sharma and even Adam ondra are better “climbers”.
Look up Alex talking about “necessary evil”. I’m pretty sure he still hasn’t been able to climb that one yet. It’s a 5.14c if I remember right
"Aim for the bushes"
Of course Honnold's spirit animal had to be a mountain goat!
Bighorn are sheep
This video is mega, they sent it, it was on, super epic
It's all crazy!
Serious question does Alex have like asperges or something?
You know, I've always thought of Alex as very planned and calculated. These stories however.... I dunno.
Seems like there's always a plan. It's just that sometimes things don't go according to that plan.
He comes across one way, but his actions come across another way!
His wife is probably hot because he can talk people into anything 😂
@@DJ-kg6zq haha that's an interesting take. The success, body, travel and the ability to convince almost anyone this is a good idea 😂😂
I think that's the image he cultivates. He also seems averse to the idea that he has no fear response. He even has a Ted Talk about overcoming fear through preparation, even though there's neurological evidence that he likely doesn't have a fear response. I get the feeling that he doesn't like the idea that he's neurodivergent. Maybe he thinks people would see it as taking away from his accomplishments or something? Regardless, I agree there's a gap between the perception of him and reality.
@@marshallmykietyshyn4973 Good points.
Watching this video, thinking damn that's great content! Subscribing then noticing I already watched 90% of the videos
My disappointment is immeasurable and my night is ruined
Great stuff!
Cheers Bob 😁 We're putting out two videos per week so lots more coming soon! Thanks for subscribing!
What song do you use for the ending?
ptsd lvl moment dumbed down to adventurous lol this man the goat idc
Woah that is messed up his friend telling him to solo and basically lying about the crux - what the hell is that? Like that is literally risking his life
Sounds like he maybe wanted him to die.
Free solo Onsight X-D
His brain is wired different. He's special, 99.9999% of humans EVEN with his climbing talent simply could not do what he does.
It literally is. His amygdala doesn't stimulate easily, so he likely has little to no fear response (even though he claims he does).
I've had a few things where I climbed like a fifteen pitch 10d and then just downclimbed it after ... that way you get double the pitches in a day . 🤨
Ya wtf, I can barely climb 10d outside going up. Cant imagine having Alex pass me down climbing on that grade.
How this man is still alive. Sheesh.
I just dropped in to say I can’t watch videos with Alex. They are just too terrifying.
I mean, I know he didn’t die when it was filmed, but I worry that me watching might put him off, and he might die in the video because of me watching.
Did alex turn off his phone in the middle of this without looking?
Dude on the right looks like the main character in the videogame bully
What does post holibg mean
It's when you break through the top crust on snow and sink down to your knees or deeper
So Alex free soloed a mountain with snow everywhere? We're talking about wet slippery rocks?!
Really makes me wonder what Alex considers 4th class LOL. Epic story
Wich one ? Georges ?
Wear a parachute? ❤
this solo climbing when he takes Magnus Midtbø shows exactly how insane and fearles Alex is th-cam.com/video/Cyya23MPoAI/w-d-xo.html
Its going to be super sad when Alex dies... Im not trying to be rude, its just inevitable for anyone living this lifestyle... but at least they die doing what they love
To me, Alex and other freesoloists are holding a wisp of smoke in your hand, it's such delicate and fleeting thing. Almost like it was gone before it was there in the first place.
Yah it makes sense that his amygdala is under activated. Even talking about such a hair raising experience, he’s more mellow than most lax
That's scary as F*ck!
I feel like down climbing is a big and potentially dangerous part of climbing that doesnt get enough attention on technique
I can fathom how people can free solo, what I can’t wrap my head around is how you down climb. I suppose it’s one thing if it’s just cracks, but anything else is wild.
Algo
George or Jeb?
I like "bushes", too.
5:45 Nah, its more like going into a finals exam without studying, aka dumb lol
The VERY little on-sight solo I ever did was many grades below my peak, 5.12 in the 90's. Usually on my birthday. Never told anyone what where or when. I DO NOT recommend this approach to any type of climbing. Do not be a dumbass like me.
He is my hero and I have never climbed other than on foot. Hope he does not die climbing. I admire anyone who does not climb with assistance of anchors because otherwise you did not really climb it. Sorry.
What happens to your emotions..If a 100 feet up you find the Big horn, who's tracks you've been following, Dead from Falling?
I will stick to 10k runs.
Psycho.
I really hope nothing happens to him he just keeps doing harder and harder climbs idk
Love Alex and his climbing, but after years of watching his interviews he is becoming a bit of "lowkey arrogant" dismissing dangerous things in a tone of pride
And this is from the perspective of already knowing hi nickname "no big deal" Alex
He's so familiar that he isn't even the same as normal people any more.
can't deny his accomplishments, but is he actually a bit of a numbat?
God bless the Bush family. Can't wait for another Bush president 😂
This guy.....he's getting warnings from the Grim Reaper and he's not paying attention.
Quit, El Kapitan....just stop now.
If you do things and end up being close to dying because of these things and continue doing these things...you don't really care if you live or die.
Or you value these things enough that you consider they’re worth taking the risk.
Not that I approve, but I definitely think its more this.
If you process information the way you just did, your brain is in desperate need of a workout.
(you take wayyyyyyyyyy more risk in your daily life than Alex does while soloing)
Sorry, this is not a health way to live.
To me animism makes way more sense than organised religion.
Anybody here believe in God
I remember this one time I climbed up the side of my couch and almost fell to the floor!!
I had no idea George saved his life.
yabo got saved by a tree decades ago. i have to wonder if alex stole his story here and added the snowstorm. hard to believe it happened twice.
not really
Here I am happy to get through a couple of single pitches in a day and here's this guy climbing and downclimbing 15 pitch multis like it's normal. 🥲