Alex Honnold Shares His WORST Climbing Experience

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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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[@TheScience69]

i had to take a shit halfway up a climb, hanging by one hand once. i tried to tell all the other people there that it's perfectly normal, but they still banned me from the climbing gym.

[@AtrolinK]

underrated lol

[@andreschaves715]

this is a good joke.

[@fromthefrunchroom]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@aitoririondo8590]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@joshuahamilton7385]

LMAO

[@biomorphic]

So this man climbed a 7a multi-pitch route, with no rope, surrounded by mosquitos, in the dark, with diarrhea? I can't tell you how I feel about that.

[@iyziejane]

3:20 "I was like ugh, feel like I'm dying, started soloing..."

[@joecam8928]

And with his pants down

[@Mrypants31]

I have had staff take 3m days off work for runny poo…….context hey

[@dennis1802]

Hopefully no diarrhea? 😂

[@fromthefrunchroom]

​@@iyziejane😂😂😂 exactly what I was thinking

[@MikeB-1965]

Beyond being an amazing climber, Alex is brutally honest and hilariously funny without even trying.

[@melodyblanchard2017]

totally agree!!!

[@scerplaya]

Because he has autism

[@MikeB-1965]

@@drewcunningham2 Maybe you're thinking of someone else. Alex is still alive and well (knock on wood).

[@drewcunningham2]

@@MikeB-1965 Yeah, sorry man.....I was actually referring to Canadian Alpinist, Marc Andre LeClerc.... I had two separate comment streams going thus I posted the above to the wrong conversation - just deleted my error...thanks for pointing out my mistake...... anyway, cheers from chilly Canada!

[@DiggingDeepVlog]

1 handed poop while free soloing is God mode

[@samknox1]

…and “disaster poop” enters the climbing lexicon.

[@MrTangent]

😂

[@SpaghettiConfusion]

That's how I got banned from my local bouldering gym.

[@mos_kit0]

Hahahah oops

[@simonbrown1486]

😂

[@MichaelHendriks]

I didn't hear Caldwell's story yet, but having a go while unroped and hanging one-handed above the abyss is gonna be pretty hard to beat.

[@er4din903]

Whoa, strange to see you here, my favourite factorio man

[@DA-bp8lf]

I shit my pants watching him climb with no ropes! 😬

[@pagaldo9642]

😂

[@BEDLAMITE-5280ft.]

I only climb in the nude. And I’ll only wipe if I summit.

[@John-mf1sz]

Man of God 🙏🏻

[@geraint8989]

If ever I needed an illustration of just how voraciously I gobble up Honnold content… Video about Alex taking a dump? Yes please.

[@holliswilliams8426]

please don't say gobble up in this context lol

[@IdRatherBeHiking]

Just GOBBLED it up

[@geraint8989]

@@holliswilliams8426 My apologies! Actually, I listened later to the entire interview at the link provided in the description - highly recommended (if you haven’t already due to gobble-disgust)

[@mattmorris3212]

His solo of El Cap is even more amazing to me now, knowing he took a shit along the way

[@mrmonsterhunter808]

There are full on ledges along that route that you can just chill on.

[@themeatpopsicle]

"Some of the puddles looked good"

[@tonyhawksunderground2]

😂

[@CoolaJokern]

Lol such a bad take since stagnant water can be full of bacteria regardless of looks

[@runr100]

A water filter would be worth carrying. They are so small.

[@seankent7282]

@@runr100 nah dude you gotta be bold

[@mylegalname9852]

2:50

[@myplantswearpants1030]

Only Honnold would go solo while feeling terrible

[@avonnabors]

😂😂😂

[@justinwalker4475]

and in a cast on his ankle o0

[@Gravitron5000]

I'd rather find a turd than a body.

[@jasonhawkins2717]

I never get tired of Alex’s stories. He’s incredibly understated, humble and honest.

[@MrQuestful]

This man is amazing. I met him at a climbing gym in the Bay Area, absolutely awesome human. I should of known he could handle any shituation 😂

[@ARKenMan]

I went running one time and literally had to drop my drawers off a main road and take a dump at like mile 8 or something. When it hits you, there's nothing you can do. I'm just glad I didn't end up on the nightly news because I was afraid I would.

[@collinsmcrae]

Did you happen to see Eminem while you were dumping?

[@SolarSourcerer888]

@@collinsmcraewith all that chocolate running down his legs sure he has

[@collinsmcrae]

@@SolarSourcerer888 He edited his comment. He mentioned he was near 8 mile before.

[@Lathlaer]

Huh, interesting - so that is what he meant when he said "nobody wants to see that" when answering a question whether he wanted to release a full unedited recording of his free solo :D

[@JimD77]

Bigfoot must hate him always chunking poop rocks down at them.

[@fatcorr]

Seems like you just need to free solo El Cap to get enlightened. You can see the love and compassion in his eyes. Truly inspirational personality.

[@do_regan]

"Dangerous Poops with Alex Honnold" is the content we didn't know we needed.

[@dirt4dinner]

This was gold! The stuff we didn't know we needed to know!

[@gameaddictgonewild777]

Bruh. You climb mountains with no rope. You can shit your pants and we would still believe that you are the coolest

[@iambiggus]

With all due respect to Alex... he wasn't taking a dump, the dump was taking him.

[@dustinbreakey4707]

if theres a legend of our time, hes surely in competition. that shits brutal, no pun intended.

[@johnmalenchek6597]

Hilarious story. Only Alex could believably tell it. Sorry Free Solo cut his dump.

[@jeffg4392]

Always a good idea to free solo when you have the shits and are severely dehydrated.

[@matthewoberton1830]

Alex's free solo of El Capitan is the greatest physical/athletic accomplishment by a human in the history of humans.!

[@jaykay6387]

And I thought it was a catastrophe shitting my pants just being out on a long run! That's why this guy is a legend!

[@Drobexxx]

Happened to me, I had to shit behind a parked billboard truck, would not recommend lol

[@ARKenMan]

Possible Trivia: El Cap used to be 500 feet but from all the climber's poo has grown to 3000?

[@neaituppi7306]

Extreme fans are wondering if they can find a Honnold shit in some spot.

[@roserose6418]

Dude..... grim

[@Leitros-kj4qb]

What would it fetch on ebay? Provenance might prove difficult.

[@ANGLINARMY]

I had the same experience in an indoor gym. Shit right off the ledge! Epic!

[@brucegelman5582]

Alex poop will show up on Ebay for sure

[@jcarry5214]

All these route names sound like a skit making fun of stoners talking about strains.

[@colorado841]

Two climbers one rock...

[@awkwardsaxon9418]

"Oh I feel like I'm dying" "So I started soloing this route..."

[@milesyounghamilton]

That feeling of needing to poo is horrible, I can’t imagine having that feeling while climbing without ropes, Christ

[@jimsullivanyoutube]

No sh*t?! 💩 Real. Now I don't feel so bad 😅 Nice set up and sound. Cool tunes. Great conversation! What equipment are you using? I love Alex!

[@alaskabarb8089]

Hopefully, no one below gets clobbered with a sh*tput. So, how many incidents were captured by drone footage? Someone would probably enjoy watching those outtakes. Maybe best viewed in FF.

[@dcfromthev]

6:09 all I know is that a rock large enough to contain my entire shit is NOT light enough for me to pickup and hurl off a cliff. Like what are you guys dropping cat size shits on a 6" boulder, where are these boulders on a sheer cliff face exactly? I have so many questions!

[@bjorneriksson6480]

he is a big guy, looks heavy

[@hugobrown2516]

what about sneezing? could that throw you off?

[@jamesgray1210]

Of all the reasons to shit his pants...it was his dinner 😂😂

[@chrismccoy4146]

When Alex says “it’s a bit much”,it’s way too much!

[@drewcunningham2]

Happy to see Alex has downgraded a lot of his free solos to an acceptable grade - I nearly shit my pants simply watching him free solo "Freerider" 5.13+ - over twenty years of committed climbing and I have yet to even top rope a 13! An amazing climb to be sure - I think for most climbers, getting married and having a kid definitely lends a different perspective to the idea of solo climbing. I hope Alex lives a long and happy life!!! Too many wonderful climbers die before their time - notably fellow Canadian Alpinist, Marc Andre LeClerc - RIP. too many others to mention here....BTW: I am in no way stating that free soloing 5.8 is safe. One of the earliest solo climbers I followed back in the 80s was a British climber named Derek Hersey....he died in 1993 while soloing the Steck/Salathe route down in Yosemite - only five or six pitches of 5.9 / 10a on this 18-pitch climb, but well within his ability - stay safe folks - cheers !!!

[@fakecubed]

Yeah, I hope he lives a long life. I think after El Cap he had nothing else to top it so now he can settle down and relax a bit, and not push it.

[@plutoplatters]

Shit happens. On mountains too.

[@testboga5991]

That story is quite a "nugget"

[@travisladuke9662]

quite the nugget

[@MrFreeGman]

The virgin bathroom break versus the chad one-handed cliff dump

[@justicegusting2476]

I shit my pants just WATCHING him solo.

[@Dabain-d8n]

I took a poop watching free soloing. Scared me .

[@shadowprince4482]

There's a saying among PCT hikers. "You aren't a real PCT hiker unless you've crapped yourself." Now I'm sure it's not a for sure thing but more so a mind set because between the PCT and CDT there are plenty of times where there's a long stretch where there's no good spot to go. I can't imagine how it'd be rock climbing.

[@princequestly2218]

Just when you think Alex could out do himself, this guy is hanging in darkness by one hand swamp by mosquitoes with diarrhea Hundreds of feet off the ground. 😅

[@seanmcguire61]

😂 Great story.

[@JohnSunter-ty6qn]

thought he said hes not been bitten before while climbing? yet here he states he has lol

[@bradethier3762]

One handed shit, finished the climb with no shirt, but had a clean ass and was comfortable😅😂

[@johnrobb9408]

Got to drop the kids off at the pool!

[@Leitros-kj4qb]

What if Alex had needed a shit when he soloed the Burj in Dubai?

[@anthonynicolosi2779]

i shit my pants just watching you so dont worry its ok

[@polarbearsrus6980]

Thanks for sharing, I think!

[@flameguy3416]

Why do climbers poop so much

[@johntaylorwilliams2921]

That's reality. Your human body continues to operate while your activity becomes outlandish. Crazy dangerous. Glad you are alive ! As you fly across the summits of the world you're bowels are stimulated by movement and fear. Like all of us non-outrageous humans you are attempting to be mindful of those below you but not always possible. Blees you, son !

[@joeymayes9140]

Now That would be a documentary to watch! "Alex Loses Ballast" But, Alex, it's neither sad nor embarrassing. It's just what went down and how you handled your business.

[@thatgirlhasathousandplans]

this brought me joy

[@AlwaysfitnessInternational]

Tu ou are young guys but late 70s the climber who put all climbing on the map and superstar of climbing was Patrick Edlinger, check him out in La vie au bout des doigts and opera vertical. He was on every tv show and died home falling in the stairs RIP PATRICK

[@_Snix]

I remember the last time I had to shit myself during a climb, I pulled my pants down and did my business like usual, but then the staff called the cops in the bouldering gym, I still wonder what i did wrong?

[@cry_now_laugh_later]

I remember this time…I had a good friend that died because he slipped on some unknown brown liquid..now that I know that it was your shit I’m very disappointed

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

I never shat my pants soloing but then again I am not a climber but just a guitarist. I did knock over my pint once with the headstock tho, but only because this girl dressed as a vampire bit my ear hard enough to draw blood while pouring a glass of lukewarm champagne down my pants. Hazards to any occupation I guess.

[@himmelsturmerIX]

Oh they mean literally

[@mondochild]

In future time. Archaeologist gonna examine a rock hard poop. One gonna say “that was one brave super sh!t”

[@charliechazworth]

Wonder if those dudes ever rub one out while climbing. I’m sure they’ve all got epic stories.

[@themonkeymanofStockbridge]

Don’t worry about it. I’d definitely shit myself if I were climbing there or anywhere probably. I hate heights.

[@gobysky]

Good thing it was getting dark, no one would want to see that. 😳 There’s a lot a poop stories out there, someone should write a book….not sure how a crappy book would sell though. 😂

[@MsRotorwings]

Giardia was bad. But the antibiotics were worse. I was absolutely miserable.

[@jackharle1251]

Imodium is always in my bag.

[@hypelloid1312]

Immodium is awesome, if you took it and you still got the shits you just didnt take enough..when I was in egypt with a buddy we literally ate a handfull each morning, otherwise we wouldnt been able to leave to hotel, joke with the phramacist about us wanting the familie pack 😂

[@fortnight5677]

I thought the thumbnail was some sort of clickbait but nah dude literally shit himself lol

[@Barefckr]

"I was working on the HERD" a poop story

[@Barefckr]

Y do all the route names now sound like they are poop themed😂

[@dancer2234]

I think it's "HURT", or "Honnold's Ultimate Redrock Traverse"

[@betttina33333]

NOTHING LIKE A GOOD SHIT STORY

[@Dani-El.]

What is geardia?

[@AveragePicker]

giardia is the reason you filter water.

[@abichau5392]

Despite all those incidents… he never once, felt fear or afraid of falling 😂😂

[@mikester9er]

Clicked on this video thinking it was about guitar soloing....

[@Sam034]

He's drinking a year old puddle water... Just wow. XD

[@highrollerdiscs805]

my algorithm has a lot of guitar videos in it when I saw this title I was a bit confused

[@novascotiaskater1868]

I mean,,, it's not like we haven't wondered !!

[@wtfsalommy3250]

The Irony of this story and the Channels name😂😂😂💀

[@johnmartinsen963]

Legendary

[@budrao]

Imagine if someone is climbing just below him

[@Jakep339]

Limbed El capitan free solo

[@dangadingdangading3205]

One time I had to do a shit put in a climbing gym.

[@profoundwanderer1441]

We need someone to create a very intense re-enactment of this. 😂

[@markaprill6501]

That does not sound even close to fun.

[@A91367]

Imagine if he did BJJ With that strength

[@mca081983]

Holy $hitt hearing this stories are fun amazing and hilarious

[@rickebrite5409]

Alex had to get shit off his chest 😳

[@djboo7779]

The charmin ad was the cherry on top

[@tomtommy7900]

Great story🤣🤣🤣🥲

[@brumleytown1882]

Fascinating! Tell us more! How did it feel? How did it smell? Is this the famous "Alex Shits Himself at Red Rock" incident? EPIC, DUDE!

[@mickmockedmack]

😐

[@eastwood111]

Music makes it unwatchable

[@Oprtnst]

Respect

[@dcfromthev]

I am dying I love this so much!!!