She's speaking the truth. Especially the second half of the video.

Just watched the documentary on National Geographic, you all are crazy! I'd like to have seen your descent down those peaks you climbed or did a helicopter lift you off, what happened? Seriously. And the story of the crew, that would be a film within itself also, how the heck was this filmed? Drones obviously? I'm not of your world, have no idea how you got down and how this managed to be filmed so scaringly, beautifully.

Great interview with Austin!!!.........answered many questions I've long had regarding how they captured the tight shots of Marc Andre's solo of Torre Egger......I am also curious to know how they got the tight shots of Marc Andre during his solo of Robson's Emperor Face and the opening sequence on Mt Slesse in the Fraser Valley?? Did they use a similar method? Anyway, really enjoyable watch - thanks guys!!!

Born & raised Juneau, I've observed the same things around the Yukon, BC, and SEAK my whole life. thanks for platforming this. make a sad documentary.

I dont remember which world cup it was, but there was one where she (and janja ofc) where the only one to do the first slab. Since then I have been a fan. Love her style

BC has been a thriving drug scene for decades now. Even before weed was legal in the first US states, lots and lots of BC bud made its way to my hometown in the 90s. On another subject, canada produces 80% of the SPF lumber supplied for new construction housing in the US. All those 2x materials are shipped by rail mainly through Chicago hub and then distributed through the southeast. All the big mills are in Canada.

Thanks for this. What a great guy. Much respect to the yosemite legends who put style ahead of numbers, and, at the same time, so much respect to Watts and the other early sport climbers for marching to their own drum.

As a heavier climber who has struggled to find examples/climbing role models to aspire to, this made me feel a lil less alone

Fascinating conversation and insight.

Very interesting perspective from to talent leading climbers

I grew up on videos like dosage. And those just dont exist anymore. Mellow has taken the torch and has made it shine brighter in many ways. Truly appreciate the channel.

I’m named after my uncle Mugs and I love hearing more and more about him, having never met him myself. Thanks for sharing!

Alex and his mind/question.....

I still have a pair of climbing shoes from when I met her like 10 years ago and asked her to sign them 😂😂

What a crazy filming process! Cool to hear this insight, honestly puts even more respect for what Marc did, and this filmmaker. I straight up thought he filmed himself for Torre Egger

(relatively) young trans climber here! Awesome listening to this! Glad Alex is chill lol!

Thanks the trans community need more support from public figures like Honnold while we(USA) once again have a President who stokes bigotry against them.

What would Bridwell have done if he'd presented as a girl on one of their climbs?

"Hmm"

Great conversation.. Thank you for sharing🙂👍

Great conversation 👏🙂👍

Hope you know you're lucky to have a Dad that cares enough to be "harpin" on you!

please put the climbers name in the title !

I have watched The Alpinist about a hundred times I’m completely encapsulated my Marc Andre’s soul and all of your passion for climbing and connection to the mountains

This is the only channel I could find that's not doing live election night coverage.

Bravo!

"Defects in Every Major Bodily System" would be a sweet v12 name

No way this has 19 views

Omg i read Spina Bifida as the guests name......

Ben Mayforth was the first gym instructor that had given me a lead climbing test. Talk about intimidating 😅 he's such an amazing crusher and man 🤙🏾🙌🏾

Not that short but I have a similar build with crazy long arms for my size and big hands too and it honestly feels like cheating a lot of the time. 5’8” +7in ape if I remember right. Awesome hearing from someone somewhat similar to me for sure!

The unaddressed question was this: what is the best estimate for Honnold’s career Oscars? 3-5? 6-10?

An environmental film would’ve been so much better

45:00 glad to hear you mention old growth. As it goes we only have like 5 percent of what foresters would call honest “mature” or healthy forest. Most of our land “with trees” has been clearcut and diluted and attacked with insane management and non native invasive species for 2 centuries. “Ethical” forestry management still places a value on the land as a unit/commodity, rather than as healthy forest as a whole that can bear some harvesting. We need hardcore, and specific land management for healthy forest to return. No amount of “ethical” logging plantation will ever replace mature, well developed forest. We need two things: hardcore biosecurity. Keeping out invasive and non native species, and Acre per acre human effort in land management. Fencing to control deer, direct targeted spraying for parasites is the way they are resorting the eastern forest. It is reported to cost 100 bucks per acre and take 100 years to “mature”. This means no capitalist effort will ever invest in proper management. They must be able to “extract” a value to justify the investment.

' ' ' kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5i7kmCYqMRsn5Isi=L0WI-PdxTvUh930u ' so , u h , environmentalism = depopulationism

You guys landed so far from the mark, its actually incredibly disappointing. Like, how sheltered are you in your fluffy Californian professional climbing perspectives that you would think any community wouldn't be without its struggles? And BC has some of the most restrictive legislation put on its timber harvest practices these days, from old growth policies, caribou/grizzly/sheep/deer habitat zones, to indigenous consultations... but the industry continues to introduce new methods of harvest such as wildfire risk reduction projects, mark to cut, residual fiber utilization, and commercial thinning. Who are you to imagine an old-growth cedar forest (I assume Tommy is referring to) has the same ecologic cycle or 'beauty' as a stand of pine, spruce, or fir. Give your heads a shake.

Nice to hear that Alex and Tommy had their eyes opened on this trip. It's hard to make people care about environmental degradation when you don't offer solutions. For me, the most tragic things about modern "environmentalism" are: 1) the focus on CO2 emissions to the exclusion of air, water, soil, forests, resource use, etc, and 2) the black-pilling about things like glaciers and forests. We can grow new trees, but need economic incentives to do so. Here are some solutions for starters: 1) "Cradle to Cradle" design (book by William McDonough). Mandate that manufacturers build reuse/biodegradation/recapture into their products. We could be doing this with many chemicals (including paints, etc.), consumer goods, electronics, etc. 2) A "moonshot" for green building standards and materials like hempcrete, passive solar architecture, etc. Most of our energy is in buildings & transportation and we waste much of it with just poor design and insulation, not to mention the national epidemic of mold, lead paint, etc. 3) A moonshot for green manufacturing, focusing on energy conservation and waste reduction. Our steel is being made in China, a country that doesn't give a shit about the environment. We can reconstitute the (once dominant) US Steel industry, stop it from polluting air and water, and do so by creating demand with new public infrastructure projects. 4) Pay farmers a fair price for grains. A bushel of corn costs $12 to grow, and pays $4. The extra money comes from the farm bill (welfare), and farmers never have the economic leverage to grow something better. 90% of the corn and soy are going into animal feed (much of which is exported to Brazil) and ethanol, a totally inefficient fuel. Reinstate federal laws to pay the fair (parity) rate for those grains. Farms will shrink, thrive, build soil, plant trees, and result in better food, air and water (and the commodity futures market will go out of business, which is why this issue has been buried since about 1950). 5) National banks for countries like the US and Canada, so huge flows of credit can be directed into these areas like reforestation, creating jobs for Appalachia, Indian reservations, etc. Our world is run by the same banks that are hosting all the climate change conferences in Davos and Aspen. The fight is for control of our money, and the decisions about where it goes. 6) Small-scale stuff like the 1940s CCC - cleaning rivers and forests (ie eradicating invasive species from our forests), planting prairies in our highway medians, helping farms build and preserve soil, etc. I'd love to see the climbing community get a lot more radical on these issues and a lot less conformist on whatever NPR is selling.

Great watch, thanks for being awesome

I was a “lifty” at mammoth posted at the top of thirteen. The minarets yell at you especially if you are from Indiana. Sucks that the country has been raped and sold as entertainment

Great climber!

When are y'all releasing the new climbing doc with you and Tommy?

Hot take: bouldering is the most climate resilient form of climbing. Long after big walls and mountains have fallen to climate change bouldering will remain

What if you sponsored a race (bike or run or adventure mixed) that goes through some of these places. Then you get people to start caring a little more and more. 🤷🏽‍♂️ I really did enjoy the film and I think adding 5 minutes of Raw and Real moments like ya’all shared here would have only added to the film experience and would allow people to get curious about the whole experience. The film captured imagination and was an inspiration for me to make bigger goals