Alex Honnold on Free Soloing with Shawn Raboutou

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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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[@JonSteitzer]

He put his finger right on what my impression has always been of the mellow crew.

[@jeremakela9273]

I see boulderers as like a skater dudes of climbing :D

[@muttiplay]

Stefano Ghisolfi also sent stoking the fire

[@CollinGill7]

Of course Shawn can just casually free solo big wall

[@ryangamv8]

I mean the one route they mentioned is only 5.8 and 4 pitches

[@CollinGill7]

@@ryangamv8 most of us mere mortals would still rope up for a single pitch 5.8 let alone a 4 pitch 5.8

[@judemecham5175]

On his rest day

[@dennis1802]

@@CollinGill7 true rock climbing is hard even 5.8 has very rare just easy climbing there’s plenty of gnarly moves in those routes

[@ClimbingEasy]

Honnold is the master of the heart felt compliment, that is also a little backhanded. "...so wrinkly, Because he smiles so much" And "...wow, a lot of personal growth, he is now the older statesman of bouldering." Alex means good.

[@charliewilliams2842]

Yeah I wonder what he meant by he’s had a lot of personal development

[@michaeltillman77]

This gets me so fired up to train even harder 😤

[@suki355]

Alex you need to record these solo! Would be so fun to watch Shawn w you

[@Greesher]

Right!!!

[@nekomancer4641]

Damn I would love to see Shaun climbing with Alex

[@craigbritton1089]

Very cool/ the real climber is the one who just always wants to climb; five seven Via Aqua or V17. Sean seems to have flipped his wonderful mom's intensity of the visible personality; for a lower key one. ( when I was coaching if I sent her a question; she would always respond so quickly; effectively and efficiently; but no time for small talk when you are as busy as her. But Sean certainly takes that intensity in enjoying climbing and sending hard. Pretty sure mom is proud.

[@jasonellis8180]

You’re the best Alex❤

[@SpartaSpartan117]

I wonder what the Yosemite project is Shawn tried?

[@stephan.hoelscher]

Hey Shawn and Alex soloing in Yosemite? And nobody saw the videos?!?

[@JPCorreia00]

Knowing them, they didn't film anything. They just did it for the vibes

[@runforrest86]

Yakob??

[@steventhaw3765]

LYNN HILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@petethepeg2]

But you kind of shouldered Magnus into soloing ,who is a 5:15 climber and some folk thought they might end up watching a snuff movie . He looked distinctly uncomfortable at times and admitted as much . So did his girlfriend who heard about it afterwards and also looked a bit upset ! I don`t think he`ll do that again ! BUt Kudos !!! Are we not all entertained....?😱😱

[@Hotgirlsmakemecry]

Pretty sure Magnus is a grown man and can make decisions on his own accord but play your narrative

[@linkinlinkinlinkin654]

This is the dumbest comment i ever read

[@Jack-pz4my]

@@Hotgirlsmakemecry For real. Magnus would not have done it if he did not want to.

[@IronJohn755]

Bouldering: simultaneously the hardest and lamest climbing discipline.

[@230mps]

How is that lame? I love how bouldering challenges me directly with hard moves. I love going back and forth between boulders and the wall. I don’t see how it is lame unless you don’t like falling without much protection.

[@IronJohn755]

@@230mps It was a joke. TBH I dislike bouldering because it's too hard. In sport climbing I can at least get into a rhythm before pumping out or hitting a crux. In bouldering sometimes the crux is a sit start. It's great training and guys like Shawn are very impressive, but in my book life is too short - I'd rather be on a big aesthetic wall pulling a lot of moderate moves than struggling my ass off for a week to move 10 feet.

[@Miles26545]

@@IronJohn755smh Gumby, need to get in a rhythm /s

[@juliuscaesar7795]

@@Miles26545 gumby's idea of rhythm is climbing 6a (4a in my gym) heeeeell no /s

[@bobmichelle]

well put bro, feel the same ^^@@IronJohn755

[@bjc9294]

FREE SOLOING (STUFF That will kill you if you fall is FUCKING STUPID), as a former rock climber, who climbed with the best, Walt Shipley, Ron kauk, steph Davis, Cameron Tauge.... fuck all it takes is a unpredicted environmental factor to kill you or at least not of your body.... I Hated down climbing, (but as a women climbing in Eldorado with guys could never get heard), I hated scrambling on routes.. But your afraid to use your voice, as a women just getting into climbing.... I can remember so many times screening at Eric Greene, and Cameron when they would free solo on the famous Crack climb in Eldorado on the bastille, well on late afternoon in March of 1998, I didn't speak out, and followed pete takeda down the west side of the bastille...got caught in a rick slide, fell over 30ft with the all the gear in a pack on my back, and then tumbled down anther 30 to 50 ft.. I'm sitting in a wheelchair for 25yrs now.. fuck all free solos, stupid. Wake up.. the only thing you have no control of is the weather and and what it does to environment.. Alex must have a death wish

[@zelfjizef454]

Great to see I'm not the only one thinking this. I'm no more impressed watching someone free soloing than I am impressed watching someone playing Russian roulette. At least the guys who practice the latter aren't contagious and don't do KZbin videos about it.

[@friedpuppy_6524]

It’s there choice, I wouldn’t solo, but they can enjoy what they want to enjoy.

[@zelfjizef454]

@@friedpuppy_6524 Sure it is. A very egoistic thing to do considering they have families and friends, but ok. Let's suppose it doesn't matter. Still, the amount of praise and public attention they get from doing this is abnormal.

[@Hankblue]

@@zelfjizef454 People have always liked watching extreme sports, and what is your concern exactly? Public praise or otherwise, the people who want to do it will do it. Letting people have control over how much risk they want to take in their lives is a good thing, not everyone wants to live inside guard rails until they're 80. And if others find enjoyment watching them overcome those risks that's also good.

[@baitedlol3315]

What are people problems with pursuing extreme sports ? Not your family not your friends. It’s their choice, go worry about people that lose their children and families in unnecessary wars instead.