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Free Solo
Posted on 4/26/21 at 12:34 am
Posted on 4/26/21 at 12:34 am
Free Solo - the National Geographic Documentary is amazing. It's almost hard to watch and you find yourself on the edge of your seat quite a few times.
Free Solo
Free soloist climber Alex Honnold, attempts to climb the face of the world’s most famous rock ... the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ... without a rope.
Free Solo
Free soloist climber Alex Honnold, attempts to climb the face of the world’s most famous rock ... the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ... without a rope.
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Posted on 4/26/21 at 12:54 am to 98eagle
Yeah Honnolds insane and not human how he can keep his composure knowing on every climb he can't go back.
There was some climber on Rogan talking about him and he said, unless he quits, it's not if but when is he going to die...he said the free solo guys all do.
There was some climber on Rogan talking about him and he said, unless he quits, it's not if but when is he going to die...he said the free solo guys all do.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 1:05 am to 98eagle
Great documentary. I was shocked he had a girlfriend that would be able to handle what he does.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 3:09 am to 98eagle
Saw it in imax and it blew me away. That guy in on another level
Posted on 4/26/21 at 6:21 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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it's not if but when is he going to die
Free soloers are like wingsuit guys. They all die doing it. It might not be tomorrow, but it will happen. When you have zero room for error and any mistake means death, then yeah, your time is limited.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 6:28 am to cfish140
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That guy in on another level
Honnold is certainly not the best current climber or even the best current big wall climber but he is certainly willing to take the biggest risks over the longest climbs of anyone ever aka the best free soloist of all time. The route he climbed, Free Rider, is hard (5.12d) but the individual pitches are not beyond the capability of lots of weekend crag warriors physically it's the mental game he has that is definitely next level.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 6:29 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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it's not if but when is he going to die
Same for me and you. Unless you know something I don’t.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 6:33 am to 98eagle
Amazing what you can accomplish with an amygdala that doesn’t function properly. absolute insanity what he has been able to do and it is a great documentary. He is a robot and I absolutely agree with the it’s not if, it’s when for him sadly. Saw this in an IMAX and it was incredible and ended up catching it on tv yesterday.
This post was edited on 4/26/21 at 6:36 am
Posted on 4/26/21 at 7:28 am to UnluckyTiger
He has been on Rogan a couple of times. Pretty interesting. I also recommend The Dawn Wall.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 7:47 am to Obtuse1
quote:Nothing about what Honnold did was easy, but it definitely seems like a relatively easy route when you consider that it took just under 4 hours to free solo it, but it took Caldwell and Jorgenson 19 days to ascend the Dawn Wall, with ropes.
The route he climbed, Free Rider, is hard (5.12d) but the individual pitches are not beyond the capability of lots of weekend crag warriors
Posted on 4/26/21 at 7:53 am to 98eagle
If you enjoyed that, watch Meru.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 9:14 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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There was some climber on Rogan talking about him and he said, unless he quits, it's not if but when is he going to die...he said the free solo guys all do.
Tommy Caldwell said that in the movie, and Tommy is probably the closest thing Alex has to a best friend.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 9:15 am to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Nothing about what Honnold did was easy, but it definitely seems like a relatively easy route when you consider that it took just under 4 hours to free solo it, but it took Caldwell and Jorgenson 19 days to ascend the Dawn Wall, with ropes.
Dawn Wall is so much better than Free Solo. I had seen multiple Reel Rocks before I checked out Free Solo, and Alex comes off as such a raging douche to me in that doc, where he didn't in others.
This post was edited on 4/26/21 at 10:04 am
Posted on 4/26/21 at 10:01 am to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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but it took Caldwell and Jorgenson 19 days to ascend the Dawn Wall, with ropes.
To be fair, Caldwell would have been a lot quicker without Jorgenson tagging along.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 12:25 pm to Obtuse1
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it's the mental game he has that is definitely next level.
And that's because he just doesn't care about that much in life besides climbing the next wall. He doesn't have family he cares for and his relationships are just not the norm.
Yes, as long as he continues to free solo, he will eventually die doing it. I'm pretty sure he knows it and is perfectly fine with that.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 1:02 pm to 98eagle
His Ted Talk about preparing for his free solo is interesting. It's all about preparation and de-risking.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 2:08 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Nothing about what Honnold did was easy, but it definitely seems like a relatively easy route when you consider that it took just under 4 hours to free solo it, but it took Caldwell and Jorgenson 19 days to ascend the Dawn Wall, with ropes.
From a pure climbing standpoint, Free Rider is not super difficult as a free climb. The mental aspect of climbing it free solo is next level. Something NOBODY would have considered back in my hard climbing days. The biggest Yo Valley accomplishment when I was still seriously climbing was Lynn Hill climbing The Nose free in under 24 hours.
I said in the original tOT thread re Free Solo that Dawn Wall (5.14d) was a MUCH bigger climbing accomplishment than Honnold's ascent of Free Rider. Caldwell and Jorgensen were not serious big wall climbers and I imagine you know the controversy surrounding their climb. They had the vision to see a route that nobody else thought was possible, it has huge "blank" sections of granite. The amazing climb of the Dawn Wall was Adam Ondra's second. He is probably the hardest climber in the world right now.
If Free Solo has piqued anyone's interest in Yosemite big wall climbing they should read about Ondra's first visit to the Valley about 5 years ago and his exploits on The Nose, Salathe and Dawn Wall. He came with very little trad climbing and big wall climbing experience and did some truly amazing things. Honnold brought the spotlight to big wall climbing and although a great climber he is really more the showman out in front of some truly great climbers and climbs.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 2:30 pm to Obtuse1
quote:I dunno, as someone that is starting to struggle to climb a ladder to change a lightbulb as I get older, pulling myself up a 3K mountain face by my fingernails seems kinda hard.
Honnold is certainly not the best current climber or even the best current big wall climber but he is certainly willing to take the biggest risks over the longest climbs of anyone ever aka the best free soloist of all time. The route he climbed, Free Rider, is hard (5.12d) but the individual pitches are not beyond the capability of lots of weekend crag warriors physically it's the mental game he has that is definitely next level.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 3:02 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Nothing about what Honnold did was easy, but it definitely seems like a relatively easy route when you consider that it took just under 4 hours to free solo it, but it took Caldwell and Jorgenson 19 days to ascend the Dawn Wall, with ropes.
Adam Ondra did it in 8 days not long after that
Posted on 4/26/21 at 3:04 pm to Obtuse1
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The route he climbed, Free Rider, is hard (5.12d) but the individual pitches are not beyond the capability of lots of weekend crag warriors physically it's the mental game he has that is definitely next level.
For sure, If you put me on a 5.9 at my gym and made me do it with no ropes id be sweating, over gripping, knees trembling, even though it would be like climbing a ladder, which 80% of Free Rider was like for Alex.
I like to joke that the most terrifying parts for non-climbers were the overhang, but for real climbers, it was the slab portion
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