FULL PODCAST | 2 Epic Free Solos Nobody Knows About, His Closest Call & More | ft. Alex Honnold

[@Beederda]

It’s always good to see Alex, alive and well.

[@Nofacefarmz]

This is an older interview at this point lol

[@callmetarif]

Alive 😂

[@nomad3598]

One of the most impressive things about Alex (aside from his accomplishments) imo is his apparent emotional growth since the movie. Dude seems to have really come out of his shell, which is dope. Get to see another side of an absolute leged.

[@garyspaid3444]

Love will do that

[@coachtim6188]

Yesterday, I free soloed to retrieve a Frisbee. I didn't do it for fame, so I get that. I don't understand my boys not even filming the epic accomplishment they witnessed. I asked "did you get a shot of that?" They said "dad, get off the roof and don't be weird." In time, they will know.

[@Factchecker9111]

As soon as they grow up and find this comment. 😅

[@coachtim6188]

@@Factchecker9111 😂😂😂

[@gyateste6191]

Questions 1:11 How many recorded interviews have you done? 1:26 Do any stand out to you? 1:49 Did you take courses in public speaking? 2:58 What are 2 or 3 things that stand out to you? 4:59 Tell me about the top 2 or 3 epic solos you've done that no one knows about 7:35 How does that feel for you? 8:51 What happens that makes you go "ok, if combine all these things and did them in a day"? 10:00 What makes you decide to downclimb a route? 11:52 Is foot pain an issue while soloing a big wall? 14:00 How does your body feel after something like that? 14:25 What route did you onsight solo in a snowstorm? 14:51 What's your thought process on doing a free solo onsight? 17:15 What's the hardest thing you had to reverse down climb? 18:15 Why is it that so many of your accomplishments get attention while others fly totally under the radar? 23:00 Where do you feel the human potential is of free soloing that haven't been done? 27:17 Do you feel deep contentment with what you have accomplished? 29:27 Can you tell us about the time you tried Necessary Evil? 33:10 What would it take for you to climb 5.15a? 36:46 Do you have a climbing wall at your house? 40:17 Have you had any near misses? 42:03 What's the closest call you ever had? 43:11 Have you been stung by a wasp while soloing? 44:34 What's the debrief after an experience of a close call? 49:21 Did you fall on a route in Zion where you got saved by a bush? 53:15 You said there were two stories? 54:21 What would your spirit animal be? 54:40 Why and how do you climb faster than other climbers that uses gear? 57:17 what's the record of jugging ropes up El Cap? 58:07 If someone breaks your speed record on El Cap, would you go back? 59:01 How long did you prep for that speed record? 59:42 how much do you remember from it move by move? 1:01:09 What are the biggest lessons you've learned from your climbing heroes? 1:08:22 Are you updated on new bouldering routes being climbed? 1:09:02 What climbers have you been the most impressed by, that most people dont know about? 1:10:42 What's the topic or theme on the new season of climbing gold? 1:17:42 What's your best and worst big wall pooping stories? 1:25:17 Were there any amazing scenes from the movie Free Solo that got cut out? 1:28:03 Have settled down more after most of your ambitions have been reached? 1:28:33 Do you have any goals right now? 1:28:47 What's the next trip you're excited about? 1:32:40 What's something you wish people spent more time thinking about?

[@eviliventertainment]

I soloed the comments section

[@dennis1802]

Dude too funny 😂😂 i needed that.. thanks 🙏🏼

[@bxrbarian3040]

this made me laugh way harder than it should have ffs

[@themeatinthemiddle]

huge

[@1312Mork2]

No protection at all? Thats crazyy

[@Toddpeekence]

Amazed you survived, ey.

[@tombstone4986]

This human is at a different level. Amazing. My palms are sweating just hearing him describe these...

[@jamessmith4172]

Same. Also my arms are heavy, knees are weak, mom’s spaghetti

[@kenadams5504]

​@@jamessmith4172lose yourself in the moment , you only get one chance .

[@Halp88]

It’s so nice to see Alex interviewed by a fellow climber

[@markus_benjamin]

Love the fact that you put this out, keep up the amazing work you do! Appreciated by many many people out there!!

[@KH-if7pi]

Im always happy and surpriced when alex showes signes of life ❤

[@faith9196]

“It doesn’t matter, I don’t think anyone’s hurting for alex honnold content” god I love how humble he is haha

[@andrewlee6886]

I’m about to solo this Ben and Jerry’s pint

[@stanhumphreys9282]

Free solo or are you going to use protection?

[@stuckinadazzee]

I'm soloing to Albertsons where they have them on sale for $2.99 each right now.

[@rapzid3536]

Really good interview. IMHO Fitz Traverse is peak Alex. Incredible endurance, precise climbing,humor, composure under stress, and etc.

[@princequestly2218]

What a great interview. Such an awesome channel.

[@PurpleDragonSpike]

Alex barely even looked phased at his ted talk. What an absolute champion

[@geraint8989]

I like to think that Alex arrives to these talks by down-climbing through an open window.

[@ImpulseGenerator]

loll. like spider-man

[@geraint8989]

@@ImpulseGenerator Spiderman wishes he could climb like Honnold.

[@ImpulseGenerator]

Alex is great but him being a better climber than *spider-man* might be taking it a bit too far 😅@@geraint8989

[@marcroyer5507]

hes so right about his growth in public speaking....watch his first appearance on rogan and then this and you can really see the improvement in Q &A and story telling

[@nicholaskoenig3106]

After liatening to about 30 of Alex's interviews...I must say this one is right up at the tippy TOP! Good work, whatever you did to prep. Loved it! Bout to go boulder and pretend I have some sort of skills. 😂😅😢

[@chrismarshall4486]

Getting stung on the wall is the worst. I had a red wasp land on me while rappelling. He slowly pushed his stinger in me and pumped away. By the time I made it to the base my arm felt like it was 5 times its size throbbing pain. It was the worst ever. Also had one go in my shirt once while riding a motorcycle and stung me three times before I killed him. Crazy stuff. Alex you’re awesome.

[@J_ST]

My bet is putting your content out for free will grow your channel so much this year

[@mcdoonaldsmanager8706]

i agree. aint no one payin for podcasts.

[@alexantone5532]

He has free podcasts on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

[@flyswatter45]

He needs to talk about the Boulder Problem process.

[@Lemmings19]

42:00 closest call, sort of.

[@hebraicfoundations]

51:00 is more interesting in this respect.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

"Jugs" and "Cracks" - I´m starting to see why you guys love this sport.

[@seltonk5136]

Top solos: 1. Free solo 2. Eruption Eddie Van Halen 3. Han solo 4. Hope solo

[@golden1789]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@RyanLesNOVAL]

this is so jank, and so good. and w/ alex. golden

[@evanshaw17]

The biggest changer for experts is that they take on much harder things, but they also become blasé. That’s because it’s very hard to stay this concerned when you become an expert, you start to take things for granted you’re not as careful anymore you think you know all the dangers but perhaps for a little bit overweight or you’re really tiredor you don’t plan as carefully that’s really the danger of being an expert it’s the thing that you most have to guard against and I think that’s what we’re talking about here. Alex is a human being and of course we’re all subject to being human beings.

[@kylemanno903]

So happy I came across this! I subscribed too

[@4SlowFashion]

Theres also a huge entry-level recognition element to selling the solos in Zion ect. Naming those formations is hard enough for the public let alone routes to non-climbers.

[@DavidMichaels-s9y]

Mr . Honnold, you are one cool mellow dude.

[@ExecutionSommaire]

The more "nervous" he is the deeper his voice, for public speaking above a certain room size he'll basically just be communicating with elephants

[@IronJohn755]

Not making any claims but this is a common Aspergers trait.

[@lydiabroderick867]

Great podcast! I really enjoyed the conversation!

[@primarytrainer1]

would be awesome if the video had chapters like othere podcasts, still awesome though

[@StevenLoby]

Great interview set up noy

[@shLSS]

You know...in my finals exams there was never the possibility of dying!

[@themeatinthemiddle]

I dare to say there was indeed a "possibility"

[@alistairwidmer604]

Omg I dead on the floor about the moskito one hand hanging pants around the enkel omg lol best story ever!!!🤣😂

[@michaelhamerschlag6393]

Good interview. You let him talk.

[@bryant_weather]

This is one of the most interesting people on the planet.

[@andrewgraves4026]

Ok shoe geniuses, top quality non-black climbing shoes. Get with the program; best possible spokesperson provided.

[@michellelanden3017]

A true hero 👍

[@robertbeger4275]

I'm really enjoying climbing podcast venues lately. Cheers on Climbing Gold Alex! I smoked a bit of that airplane dope back in the day. Don't remember for sure, but I think everyone felt sick afterwards. When is the Peter Croft episode Steven? I haven't seen it and can't find it.

[@barrygeekler6458]

Legendary!

[@Randsurfer]

I watched this video without protection. I even yelled "off belay" at the beginning.

[@rsweeten3048]

Alex could get a casino to sponsor the most epic indoor climbing structure ever! Make Vegas the destination for pro athletes and climbers. Vegas loves big names...Alex is a big deal.

[@Ben-h6t9r]

Me and my buddy were on the nose pooping straight into the tube getting eachothers poop on us and someone yelled newbies on the nose. We wanted to know how they new. A few days later someone told us to poop in a bag the put tha bag in the tube. 20 years later my buddy still has the tube hanging in his livingroom. Lmao.

[@nicholasmaddalena1451]

As a certified mountain climber interview watcher, i can concur on his statements.

[@PB-sk9jn]

I was told about a route in the Mourne hills in Ireland. Heavily vegetated, lichen etc.... Counter to the local environmental sentiment someone poured gasoline raw down the line. No lichen. No vegatation. etc.. down a narrow band astride the route. Can't decide what I think of this. It's complex.

[@theflaggeddragon9472]

That's pretty hardcore

[@anthonyfukuoka9772]

we gotta get you new chairs bro!

[@marcusstrymon693]

Moonlight butress just blew my mind so hard. its a fucking fingercrack. Insane

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

“shining a hard light on your mooning butt it f#ing blew a fingered crack”, what??

[@jakobbauz]

Ya. Same.

[@JayMeds]

Surprised he wasn’t munching on a bell pepper

[@FranciscaCosta-u7g]

One of the most impressive things about Alex (aside from his accomplishments) imo is his apparent emotional growth since the movie. Dude seems to have really come out of his shell, which is dope. Get to see another side of an absolute leged.

[@owenaltheide8636]

this was such a great conversation but the ads every 5 minutes really kill the vibe

[@michaelhamerschlag6393]

Honest interview. The man told you a bighorn sheep trail saved his life and you ask him what his spirit animal is? We need to listen to the answers of the questions we ask.

[@AKtoTok]

Epic 🎉

[@anneonyme8022]

Timestamp for his closest call?

[@HowSeriousAreYou]

@39:26

[@hebraicfoundations]

51:00 is a pretty close call.

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

His hands are huge

[@sirris4330]

Confirmed alive! Thank god...Also LOL! I love Alex is like i don't give a fckkkk about any of this..Also the insanity of a man who has done the most dangerous and insane things humanity has ever done is still slightly nervous about public speaking... Beautiful! Also Alex's arms look so fckin jacked jesus lol

[@MrSpartanPaul]

Too funny 😂

[@levolvik5231]

New episode or old one on video?

[@jacobgunnells377]

I think it’s old. This is sounding so familiar while I’m listening lol.

[@00wolf9]

This man is part Monchichi

[@DarraghQuinn-d8o]

So Alex, how do you climb a rock?

[@eviliventertainment]

First. Always wanted to do that

[@juicebox6398]

One day I was free soloing the wildest and biggest mountain that I’ve ever climbed. Was the most thrilling experience ever and the craziest part was that the mountain was ya mom. To whomever is reading this

[@jamestaylor7593]

I like mom jokes but this was crap

[@stephenfrench3888]

Wow You're pathetic

[@kieferzenko]

His joe rogan interviews aren't memorable, specifically the first one when he was only really famous in the rock climbing world. I remember watching it (it was when i was first starting climbing) and it was inspiring to see him on JRE what seemed like randomly.

[@jameslouizbuilds]

Imagine hiking somewhere and some rock covered in shit just knocks you out.

[@rickebrite5409]

Do you think Alex could fix my roof I’m afraid of heights

[@1234567marks]

Nope sorry, evidently he’s terrified of work.

[@Benji-jj2bg]

@@1234567marks is this a dig at alex? He works all the time, he provides consulting for companies and movies and stuff doing climbing. Oh and hes also gone on several expiditions with scientists to help them climb out in regions never explored... He advertises.. He does all kinds of work and he donates a ton of his money...

[@dylanzoratti6308]

Honnold should try cannabis instead of ibuprofen

[@ginocastro5107]

This is definitely a climber's video! Too much terminology and letters/numbers combinations to confuse a normal everyday person like me! 11b's, 5 whatever... Too much... so many pitches and so on... What the hell is a pitch? Maybe it would make an interesting idea for a video explaining all the climbing terminology in the first few minutes, or comically illustrating what those letters+numbers mean everytime they are mentioned. Maybe entitle it "Climbing for Dummies".

[@johnvalenca9472]

This man should be studied by science

[@markparsons661]

Who cares what anyone has done or thinks, gosh I never do anything based off what anyone else has ever done or thinks is cool.

[@Fred-oz3tw]

did yoda make the thumbnail?

[@carolgerber6375]

Way too many ads. Ugh

[@jonathanstudentkit]

no offence "nobody knows" it's on the internet, everybody knows 😀

[@dirkdillinger-qz7fl]

alex needs to link with elon musk they are twins

[@Benji-jj2bg]

lol by your judgement everyone with any form of high functioning autism is now twins.

[@jonaskarlstrom4152]

Something is missing in those guys brains, or trauma. So nuts.

[@simonlpoisson]

Buy coachs man ! Those chairs seems arch !

[@maxb515ia]

The guy giving the I interview looks like he shit himself and is trying to hide it

[@Irvlifts]

Calling it at 1000 views this gonna pull 250k, hi people I SEE U

[@tonyb8791]

Alex is going to have to go to the wellness clinic to climb a 15. Don't underestimate the power of enhanced pharmaceutical therapy. I dream of being able to afford the wellness clinic like Bezos and Kennedy. It's crazy how much power you can get without gaining a pound or you can actually drop weight and get crazy power. When I was powerlifting at 128lbs, the guys on juice were doing 100lbs more. It's nuts! Ah, memories. Probably better to just stick with IBU. ;-)

[@isa4777]

12b downclimb casually...

[@mikemartin5073]

He is like Travis Pastrana's less cool brother

[@crawfordcockers]

No way, soloing el cap is infinitely more rad than anything Travis pastrana has done

[@JustinCasey216]

I knew he world finally come out! It's OK to be gay! Alex!

[@BruceLeeroy-f7n]

Alex was low-key being passive aggressive. Bro needs to take a chill pill.

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

13:35 hgghgt😊

[@Jaded368]

He has a kid now he should stop free soloing now

[@jerrid86]

Complete risk aversion denial Honnald. If you take a rock walking up the trail vs no rope climbing - not comparable.

[@Benji-jj2bg]

Ill give you a tip on how to live your life and be truly happy with yourself, "live and let live". live by those words. ;)

[@bolanos3]

It is irresponsible and stupid for someone with a family, wife and children to keep doing stunts, he has to make a living but there are other ways to do that

[@adambane1719]

This guy is soooo cringe. He just exudes 2nd hand embarrassment vibes

[@Benji-jj2bg]

no he doesnt >.> sounds like you need help lol. are you insecure?

[@rights_are_god_given]

Alex that one handed poop that made you feel like a little kid forced you to finish like the boss!

[@roskypolkerkan8355]

I respect Alex more than most members of society, he's the definition of determination, will and passion.....but now that he's married with a child, doing the ridiculous things he does starts to enter the realm of reckless and irresponsible. Just ask Alex Lowe.

[@Benji-jj2bg]

reckless and irresponsible is fine, let him live his life ;) Ill give you a tip on how to live your life and be truly happy with yourself, "live and let live". live by those words. Buddhism is a beautiful thing.

[@Jstn8156]

I want to see Alex and Ondra climb together🧗