Alex Honnold on Shawn Raboutou Soloing

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[@Rafungilo]

All I heard is that if I can climb a 5.15 Alex honnold will climb with me.

[@robertovillarreal3316]

Goal was V12 now its V15 😂

[@kennethsimmons7394]

He really would

[@paulacravello]

only if you go free soloing climbing with him! He took Magnus Midtbø and he was about to quit at the base and at the end of the climb he said was scared at some point.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/earckmVpgrWid6s . I guess it is not that easy for Alex to find free soling partners. kzbin.info/www/bejne/earckmVpgrWid6s

[@David.soares]

Hahahahha

[@amethyst8399]

@@robertovillarreal3316 my goal is V314159, they don’t know me son

[@VanBur3n]

“Was on a rest day so wanted to go soloing” bro😂💀

[@Finduski]

Yeah rest day from his futuristic project. Damn you americans are a laughing stock

[@calebpaulsen9717]

that’s crazy

[@hapticlazier4992]

And now we push to 5.15

[@milesforshay9083]

The Raboutou family is on some serious climbing shit like their whole family is world class climbers goddamn

[@aheenobarbushenocied9880]

They on that chalk diet daily since out of the womb

[@SpitefulAZ]

Holy shit if I Can climb 5.15, i could climb with Alex Honnold. Talk about motivation. 😍😍😍

[@234i9]

Solo*

[@SpitefulAZ]

@@234i9 soloing counts as climbing. But is it really soloing if you climb with a buddy?

[@joethomas8342]

@@SpitefulAZWhen you’ve got no rope, you might as well be on your own.

[@SpitefulAZ]

@@joethomas8342 I wanna hang with Alex 😍

[@orb1980]

Funny: everyone's first thought "I just have to climb 5.15 to go solo with Alex." ...yeah I can do that. Lmfao 😂

[@OscarGonzoJim]

i need a rest day let's go climbing for a couple days

[@ethanpeterson6727]

A rest day as in a break from the problem as he states that it is a new project

[@schulme123]

A break from a V16 problem to climb 5.10 is a break to Shawn.

[@lirich0]

Alex Honnold has a point because he’s only climbed V12 and he’s the greatest soloist of all time, so if you can climb V15 you’ll probably be fine with him. Magnus Midtbo for example has climbed V15

[@lennielefler2081]

Alex is so gentle and awe inspiring but Humble. No big ego…. “There goes the best there ever was”……….( the movie- The Natural) 🥾

[@emilyrainflower25]

This was not his philosophy before, I wonder what changed

[@Bigbadwolfanderson]

I don’t know how you see that , I see egotistical and depressed .

[@Hailsatan13]

Great, just need to break into 5.13s… then 14s and 15s and I can climb with Alex… got some work to do

[@baloog8]

You can do 5.14 and beg him on some super easy free solo

[@iowerth3392]

Wow alex has some muscles, amazing

[@kyle6209]

Alex looking jacked

[@garypalmer2066]

I winter mountaineered Yosemites walls in January to May 1980. Back then the average time to climb El Capitain was a week.

[@Clif-d6n]

Alex "you're going to be fine" Honnald

[@facelessnameless]

I hope to be at that level someday

[@gatosospechosop3]

devote your life to climbing, train every single day and don't get injured. it will probably take about 10-15 years, good luck dawg.

[@bastian6173]

@@gatosospechosop3 bad advice! maximum 5 days a week with some kind of antagonistic training in between and most importantly take 1 to 2 weeks off climbing each year completly. Even Ondra does that. And it's important. Else you'll just ruin your body in a couple years

[@dabisnit]

If you improve a grade a year, it’ll only take 5 years to go from 5.10 to 5.15 and suddenly it feels attainable. This is advice from Alex Handhold himself

[@gaboriel]

We all do buddy... We all do...😭

[@johnnycigar3240]

@@dabisnit 20 grades from 5.10a to 5.15a, you can have leaps and bounds on the way to 12c but no adult is jumping from 13a to 14a in a year

[@simonhawkins7384]

This man should be revered for his accomplishments, in a world where what you do supposedly counts for something, well, he should be in the absolute elite!!!!! WOW WOW what on the FK man!!!!!!!!! I can't find the words

[@birdinhand_]

Dude is shredded

[@OFFTH3topic]

One more grade and Alex has to take me soloing.

[@rbmedia8798]

Wait so you’re telling me if I practice hard enough and climb a 5.15 i get to become friends with Alex Honnald? That’s like unlocking an achievement

[@johnpalcon7570]

New goal unlocked😎

[@codyheiner3636]

Well now my life mission is to climb 5.15. I mean, it already was. But more motivation now!

[@codemyster1026]

"one arm on any of the holds"was my nickname in high school🤘🤘🤪

[@easy_eight2810]

I used to be a climber, my hands started sweating as soon as he said he's take anyone soloing if they climb v15

[@Ausaini17]

So my new goal is to Climb v15 before Alex actually retires. Just give me like… 10 more years when I’ll be 44 years old

[@Sabin41]

If Alex ever wanted to commit murder he'd have the perfect alibi

[@doggyinthewindow]

lmao

[@schulme123]

That's sinister but...

[@krystiangorski6201]

Cmon bro, come climbing, you'll be fine...😂

[@ajasinski187]

Where is the footage of this? Need to see that

[@kurtsmith6971]

We've all got to have dreams!!

[@Putzinator]

V8 baby! Over half way to meeting HandHold!

[@Treeyoyo1]

if only it was half way

[@Finduski]

Damn his arms

[@joshcook6431]

I bet Alex is a mean arm wrestler

[@Ramneek22]

Im struggling with v5 and he’s talking about v15 like it’s nothing lol

[@DeShark88]

What?! It's the opposite of that! He's talking about V15 like it's everything that's needed for him to climb with someone. V15, for him, is the level where you're clearly a very very good climber and he will climb with you no matter what.

[@EGbean2]

Well, he's actually giving due credit to V15

[@baloog8]

He himself cannot even do v15

[@EGbean2]

@drchen054 yeah people don't understand this about Honnold. He's not a top 0.1% climber in pure bouldering. He is however top 0.01% in endurance and fear management

[@baloog8]

@@EGbean2 it's actually more decibel places for each but I see where you are going! ;)

[@TSANOOvlogs]

That's really cool

[@jimblake6150]

Alex doesn't climb at 5.15, he's saying he'll take climbers that are better than he is.

[@nimaivens275]

damn I got quite a few grades to go

[@gamingskier645]

On my quest to climb v15/5.15

[@johnparla6252]

I do some soloing in ct 👍 ken would love to meet you 👍

[@JaxxLara]

I thought I was cool hitting 5.11😅

[@reddiver7293]

I have a high sofa technical rating.

[@jaisepoole7301]

Ayyye Shawn baby boiiiiiiii minion for life!

[@kyleVanZan]

Is this from a recent podcast or full interview?

[@OngoGablogian185]

Alex just wants to see someone fall😂

[@leobold0612]

Curious what grade were they soloing together at?

[@marka.6879]

I wonder what his family thinks about him soloing. I know they are all climbers, but I wonder if they would condone him soloing.

[@sirporkrib7643]

If it's like the route Alex took Magnus to, that's pretty much stairs for Shawn.

[@simonsimon9880]

Have you ever climbed a ladder without setting up fall protection? Congratulations, you soloed it. Does your family condone that?

[@tyrionas]

@@simonsimon9880 that analogy is wrong though, there are so much more things that can happen on a natural rock multipitch than on a ladder. the danger of soloing is not really about the difficulty of the route itself but the unexpected events that can happen (sudden bad weather, hold breaking, gust of wind, etc.)

[@simonsimon9880]

@DELBOURG matthieu, no, any work at height has the potential for a fall. In 2020, the US saw over 22,000 injuries from ladder falls, with 161 fatalities. I personally know someone who died putting up Christmas lights. Every year, millions of homeowners routinely and casually undertake this potentially dangerous activity without giving even a second thought to fall protection, but as soon as someone mentions free soloing, people lose their everlasting shit. Seriously, do you think *wind* only happens in the mountains? I assure you, residential neighborhoods also have gusts of wind. Sure, some routes have loose rock, but some homeowners have damaged ladders. Bastille crack sees enough traffic in a year that I would trust any single hold on it more than I trust the average eaves-trough. Frankly, knowing when to unrope is an important part of safe travel in the mountains, partly because of some of those other variables you pointed at. If a strong, experienced party unropes on easy terrain, they'll move twice as fast, and increase their chances of getting off the mou tain before the afternoon storm rolls in. Deciding to solo can actually make their day safer. And none of this even touches on soloing ice, which is quite common, due to the ice quality paradox. I won't go into it now, but feel free to ask me. Soloing is an important and normal part of climbing. Soloing injuries to experienced climbers are quite rare, and this idea that a family of experienced climbers might not "condone" it is laughable.

[@tyrionas]

@@simonsimon9880 well I do agree that Raboutou's family probably don't have much issues with it if not worrying about him. But you are basically using a whatabout argument here. I do agree that ladders cause a lot of accidents and people are dying doing this kind of work. But it doesn't mean free soloing is safe or free of criticism. I think that if you climb a ladder without security gear you are as reckless as if you were free soloing. I do agree though that the perception of free soloing by the general public is very skewed and they see free soloers are reckless daredevils (which some are tbh). I am a mountaineer too so I understand the concepts you just described but it is always a trade off you do in order to maximize safety. Free soloing is not about maximizing safety though as they could do the climbs in a much safer manner if they wanted to.

[@kleverAgudoMUSICai]

forget about messi this guy is out if this world

[@triplea657aaa]

I too free solo on my rest days... 😅

[@johndkastel7972]

So, all I need to do is get up at 5:15am and he'll meet me like at the base of Niagra Falls hike ? Don't think I can do that

[@richard975]

gonna be fine..99% of the time

[@elistidham8494]

The terrain doesn’t care how good you are

[@Milliedawg1]

Everyone watching this is now determined to climb 5.15

[@JJ0n3z]

Holds break bro.

[@florentinvonfrankenberg7102]

Not if you can climb 5.15. That means physics don't apply to you

[@linkinlinkinlinkin654]

he just said that if you climb 9a or v15 you can possibly finish the routes he does latching on to one hold at a time

[@simonsimon9880]

Ladders break, too, but we don't criticize people for putting up Christmas lights.

[@clu4u]

Not in Yosemite bro. It’s crack climbing.

[@triple_gem_shining]

Imagine going soloing on rest day 😂

[@RimshotKiller]

Just soloing a few routes on a rest day, fml 😂

[@seb10wijngek]

Shit..he would take me solooing..and I am pretty sure I don‘t have the mental stamina…😳

[@Rockmaster867]

Is that Ryan Sheckler?

[@zachbosworth6139]

ya he's climber interviewer now

[@jama211]

So scary

[@justinsmith3981]

he was making a jokes guys

[@Swindo2]

I don’t think so. He said this same thing in the video he did where he went solo’ing with Magnus Midtbo

[@andrewkerridge2565]

Sometimes I think Alex might genuinely be a psychopath or something of that nature. Not as a diss of him as a person at all. But there’s something very different about his affect. He’s so blasé about danger and death. Talking about death or a sandwich, his face and tone is the same. Death seems to be novel for him. He’s great, it’s just a thought I’ve had.

[@baloog8]

Aspergers is possible too. No stabby stabby!

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

When I have done what were hard free solos for me, I go into "Robo" mode. Alex seems to dwell there 24/7.

[@straitgatekeeper]

How many have died with this guy?😂😂

[@emiliansaccount]

Alex, have you done any 5.15 or v15? :D would you take yourself soloing? :D

[@taylorpeay8991]

I think he meant doing those climbs normally. not soloing.

[@emiliansaccount]

I know, i was just laughing that his requirements are very high, i think Alex himself does not climb grades that hard.

[@csn583]

​@@emiliansaccount He'd take people above his level *without question* because anything he can do, he doesn't even have to think about them. He'd probably want to consider "himself" on a case-by-case basis, and I'm sure there are plenty near his level he'd rightly not volunteer to go out with.

[@LePetitBat]

​@@emiliansaccount basically if you really want no risk of being responsible for someone's death, you take extreme precautions

[@kayakergeoff]

​@@emiliansaccount❤ be

[@henketooraw]

So I’ll never be allowed to solo with Alex

[@tarcisiobatista5595]

You have to do a one arm on a hold? That fucking hard man

[@justindoss3701]

Revert back to the ifsc crack boulder that nobody could do except ondra

[@elijahstidham7202]

You just won’t but okay

[@swaghili]

Anyone that’s climbed V15 💀 so he wants to climb with Peter Parker

[@ripapa6355]

It's funny because alex talks like somebody who's never climbed in his life

[@jonathansummerfield8390]

What bullshit.. Just because you do 5.15 you're not a fsolo guy

[@d77tutt]

Alex is such a narcissist

[@israeltapia2028]

My guy just said v15 while I can barely do some v3s🥲