Alex Honnold Breaks Down VIRAL Free Soloing Clips

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Alex Honnold is the biggest name in rock climbing and has tackled some of the sport's biggest climbs. He's the only human to free solo El Cap, a feat that is just mind boggling. He holds the El Cap speed record of the The Nose with his bromance Tommy Caldwell, with whom he’s completed numerous envelope-pushing adventures such as the Fitz Traverse, the Yosemite Triple Crown, and the CDUL. He is so skilled, controlled, and dominant on big walls and heady climbs, one wonders if he even knows what struggle is. Well you’re about to find out. Beyond climbing, Alex is the founder of the Honnold Foundation, whose mission is to support solar energy for a more equitable world. Alex shares the non-profit’s humble beginnings, where its heading, and why we should embrace solar now.

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[PB-skjn]

I know someone who hiked into a rock climb in wales for 60 minutes.

Unpacked their gear at the base of the route, and sat down to eat a sandwich before their multi-pitch climb.


They heard a doppler shifted splat.

A sheep cratered between them, flat as a pancake.

Looked at each other.They said nothing. Wordlessly started packing their and bailed
on the route, because a higher power was CLEARLY sending them a message.

[jacksfacts]

Fun facts: mountain goat and sheep (different families actually) have very vertical and pointy hooves that are able to spread out (think of doing the Vulcan hand sign) this allows them to wedge their hooves into small gaps and grip onto small protrusions.

Also squirrels can basically fall from any height and survive because they are so light that by flattening out their body and tail they are able to parachute themselves down at a controllable speed.

[jeremyredd]

Squirrels don't have a lethal terminal velocity. That little guy would have been fine regardless. The goats and bears on the other hand...

[FrancisSiuChock]

Alex is the best! He's so chill and matter of fact(ly). Love his insight and thought process into anything.

[geraint]

“You climb like a baby bear”. Wait to see whether the stranger insults or thanks you.

[troyrussell]

The sentiment he sums up at 4:20 is exactly how I domesticate stray cats. I have a lil sanctuary set up in my garage. Food water, heated houses, cat towers. The street cats come in cause I leave the door open/have a cat door then I start closing the door on them, testing their reactions. Eventually they know the trade.. food, water safety, a luxury bathroom. I just can't leave. When they choose house cat life I start looking for a home for them. Kittens are the easiest ofc but no cats too far gone. A house ain't a house to a cat with it's freedom when you close that door sometimes, it becomes a trap and you gotta work on them, but they all come around. I've found 15 cats homes like this though since like 2019 I've spent god knows how much money on these poor stray cats. Spend all my time on them. The stim checks helped a lot money wise. It's a good cause but it's so hard to give it my everything and still come up short.

[Art.Barsegian]

Alex watching the goats like "yea, I can relate" 😂

[ouwle]

Seeing the clip of the monkey, after climbing now for 6-7 months, is insane. Not even the best climbers compare to any monkey that lives in trees. I wonder if we can learn something from them, or if the advantage of having basically 4 hands is too much haha.

[Glenners]

lmao when the baby bear is face on and Ryan goes "check this technique out"

[enricokohler]

we need to see a mountain goat review Alex's free soloing El Cap;)

[standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

I quit bouldering because i am weak and have low threshhold for risk, but i love watching it! I do think there is something incredibly powerful about navigating the natural world, rather than just the infrastructure atop it. I took friends out on the prairie to a historic large rock formation. We got a bit lost since i took the wrong road, but then i saw it about 10 miles north & wasable to reroute (pre GPS). They live in a big city and were nearly in tears to be having an experience seeing something outside, somewhat far away, and finding it. I grew up this way so 🤷‍♀️ but they were very moved to have such a fundamental human experience. I dont think they understood that there were just 2 roads, we were not really navigating much, but they were so happy. They broke down in tears to see a landscape with just a couple new things added since 1805, i thought i had upset them! We need to be IN natural landscapes with purpose, the experience connects us to all the other humans before us.

[CalebBohanon]

This has actually been an inspiration to climb grades. I was happy at 5.11, even when it got really easy.

Then I heard Alex say that sentence on a podcast and I bought a fingerboard

[bcwbcw]

With sports, there is often a difference between the apparent danger of something and the real danger with some things seeming much more dangerous than they are and others that kill people that are doing things that feel safe. Whitewater kayaking seems more dangerous that it is (for people with the right equipment and some skills) because water tends to flow around stuff. Skiing is more dangerous then it seems because you can go fast and rocks and trees are rocks and trees. Not sure where to put climbing.

[jnniel]

“If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping.”

[johndavid]

"That is amazing guys, thanx for sharing.

[guitarsoundsaround]

More of this animal commentary please! Alex is THE Goat 🐐 of the mountains 🏔 😂

[callmetarif]

I love the comparison between the bike and soloing 😂 alex is king

[Simon-oykf]

"You do this stuff enough, every once in a while you slipp and fall"
-Alex Honnold

[RhotoActual]

@5:27

The real life fucking Scrat 😂

[EstamosDe]

0:21 ohhh I see, Alex has done that too! 😂