Alex Honnold Breaks Down VIRAL Free Soloing Clips

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Alex Honnold is the biggest name in rock climbing and has tackled some of the sport's biggest climbs. He's the only human to free solo El Cap, a feat that is just mind boggling. He holds the El Cap speed record of the The Nose with his bromance Tommy Caldwell, with whom he’s completed numerous envelope-pushing adventures such as the Fitz Traverse, the Yosemite Triple Crown, and the CDUL. He is so skilled, controlled, and dominant on big walls and heady climbs, one wonders if he even knows what struggle is. Well you’re about to find out. Beyond climbing, Alex is the founder of the Honnold Foundation, whose mission is to support solar energy for a more equitable world. Alex shares the non-profit’s humble beginnings, where its heading, and why we should embrace solar now.
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[@PB-sk9jn]

I know someone who hiked into a rock climb in wales for 60 minutes. Unpacked their gear at the base of the route, and sat down to eat a sandwich before their multi-pitch climb. They heard a doppler shifted "baaaaaahhhhh"- splat. A sheep cratered between them, flat as a pancake. Looked at each other.They said nothing. Wordlessly started packing their and bailed on the route, because a higher power was CLEARLY sending them a message.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😱😢

[@IreneWY]

Poor thing 😢

[@eltyo340]

A doppler shifted bahhh 😂😂😂

[@XAndrew88]

LOL that's a warning if I ever heard of one.. holy fuck

[@SpicyTrifongo]

the higher powers were sending a message and it was "free mutton".

[@jeremyredd4232]

Squirrels don't have a lethal terminal velocity. That little guy would have been fine regardless. The goats and bears on the other hand...

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

Nice to be a squirrel! Thanks for the daily fun fact 🤘

[@csulak9952]

I have found an unresponsive squirrel on a sidewalk below a tree, but didn't see what happened.

[@kidddogbites]

​@@csulak9952heart attack?

[@Drobexxx]

​@@kidddogbitesthe opioid pandemic is real bro

[@kidddogbites]

@Drobexxx Poor dude, cant trust eggcorns these days. Never know what has fentynal in it now.

[@jacksfacts20]

Fun facts: mountain goat and sheep (different families actually) have very vertical and pointy hooves that are able to spread out (think of doing the Vulcan hand sign) this allows them to wedge their hooves into small gaps and grip onto small protrusions. Also squirrels can basically fall from any height and survive because they are so light that by flattening out their body and tail they are able to parachute themselves down at a controllable speed.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

I need all of those Wild Kratt superpowers

[@caralho5237]

@@thestruggleclimbingshow Our superpower is ladders. lol

[@guitarsoundsaround]

Mountain Sheep are officially protected in Canada now. Come see our Rocky Mountains and the caribou too 🏔 🇨🇦

[@jacksfacts20]

Man Wild Kratt brother's bring me back to the good ole Zaboomafoo days@@thestruggleclimbingshow

[@montananerd8244]

​​@@guitarsoundsaround🏔 🇺🇲 Nooo come see ours, they look like the canadian rockies (vs the Colorado Rockies) & we have sheeps & goats & no passport needed! Just kidding, go to Canada 😂😂😂 they are much nicer than us (we're nice but you can catch a vibe of our true feelings).

[@FrancisSiuChock]

Alex is the best! He's so chill and matter of fact(ly). Love his insight and thought process into anything.

[@troyrussell177]

The sentiment he sums up at 4:20 is exactly how I domesticate stray cats. I have a lil sanctuary set up in my garage. Food water, heated houses, cat towers. The street cats come in cause I leave the door open/have a cat door then I start closing the door on them, testing their reactions. Eventually they know the trade.. food, water safety, a luxury bathroom. I just can't leave. When they choose house cat life I start looking for a home for them. Kittens are the easiest ofc but no cats too far gone. A house ain't a house to a cat with it's freedom when you close that door sometimes, it becomes a trap and you gotta work on them, but they all come around. I've found 15 cats homes like this though since like 2019 I've spent god knows how much money on these poor stray cats. Spend all my time on them. The stim checks helped a lot money wise. It's a good cause but it's so hard to give it my everything and still come up short.

[@dubzndrugs]

keep at it, youre a legend

[@troyrussell177]

@@dubzndrugs thanks man lol.. you don’t know the half of it. I got court October 4th cause I saw some dirty off duty cop neighbor go out his way to hurt a stray kitten. He threw a big stick at it. The kitten couldn’t walk for a week but I ofc took it in after that. He blacked out, I rushed said cop. The coward ran inside and used his 2 year old as a meat shield. He then called in a bunch of false domestic complaints to my house, and then went pressed charges that I “ threatened him “ which I didn’t unless he can read minds. Courts October 4th. Wish me luck🙏

[@sashabell9997]

@@troyrussell177 how'd it go?

[@troyrussell177]

@@sashabell9997 going to trial now, November 15 is trial date. It’s crazy how many times I’ve been to court for one bullshit charge. It’s just going to trial and this is my 6 or 7 court appearance.

[@sashabell9997]

@@troyrussell177 wow that's insane i hope it goes well. let me know how it goes.

[@geraint8989]

“You climb like a baby bear”. Wait to see whether the stranger insults or thanks you.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😂

[@Art.Barsegian]

Alex watching the goats like "yea, I can relate" 😂

[@ouwle6618]

Seeing the clip of the monkey, after climbing now for 6-7 months, is insane. Not even the best climbers compare to any monkey that lives in trees. I wonder if we can learn something from them, or if the advantage of having basically 4 hands is too much haha.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

When Sharma hit the scene and brought a more monkey-esque dynamic style it really shook things up

[@UnleashedTraining101]

My goal is to be able to swing through trees like a gibbon

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

Monkeys have an insane strength to weight advantage. Not needing all that leg and hip mass to run on two legs helps them out a lot.

[@carlsong6438]

Theyd probably struggle with highly technical boulders... but they have a massive power advantage lol

[@ouwle6618]

@@carlsong6438 Yeah i do wonder how good static climbers they are, and small crimps might be a problem lol.

[@montananerd8244]

I quit bouldering because i am weak and have low threshhold for risk, but i love watching it! I do think there is something incredibly powerful about navigating the natural world, rather than just the infrastructure atop it. I took friends out on the prairie to a historic large rock formation. We got a bit lost since i took the wrong road, but then i saw it about 10 miles north & wasable to reroute (pre GPS). They live in a big city and were nearly in tears to be having an experience seeing something outside, somewhat far away, and finding it. I grew up this way so 🤷‍♀️ but they were very moved to have such a fundamental human experience. I dont think they understood that there were just 2 roads, we were not really navigating much, but they were so happy. They broke down in tears to see a landscape with just a couple new things added since 1805, i thought i had upset them! We need to be IN natural landscapes with purpose, the experience connects us to all the other humans before us.

[@chozer1]

no weakness, the grind goes on

[@CalebBohanon]

This has actually been an inspiration to climb grades. I was happy at 5.11, even when it got really easy. Then I heard Alex say that sentence on a podcast and I bought a fingerboard

[@Glenners]

lmao when the baby bear is face on and Ryan goes "check this technique out"

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

Dude was flagging, climbing with straight arms…

[@Glenners]

@@thestruggleclimbingshow Glad to see the bear's been listening to Emil and doesn't let his high BMI get in the way of sending a sick proj!

[@bcwbcw3741]

With sports, there is often a difference between the apparent danger of something and the real danger with some things seeming much more dangerous than they are and others that kill people that are doing things that feel safe. Whitewater kayaking seems more dangerous that it is (for people with the right equipment and some skills) because water tends to flow around stuff. Skiing is more dangerous then it seems because you can go fast and rocks and trees are rocks and trees. Not sure where to put climbing.

[@Dee-nonamnamrson8718]

Climbing is unbelievably safe if you are on sport routes.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

Climbing is pretty safe, depending on what you’re doing. I’m into bouldering, so if I miss and fall, the worst of my injuries is generally a few skin scrapes on the way down. Free soloing El Capitan would be just a tad more risky

[@ieism1]

I've done a lot of these sports, and the way I look at it is 'what happens if it goes wrong'. Free Solo, ok you're probably done. Skiing into a tree sucks, but I survived it with minor injuries. Something like speedflying or paragliding is not as bad as it seems. I've lost the most friends to avalanches, that's a game over scenario most of the time and takes the most skill to avoid.

[@guitarsoundsaround]

More of this animal commentary please! Alex is THE Goat 🐐 of the mountains 🏔 😂

[@montananerd8244]

I guess of all the GOATs, he's the most 🐐-like.

[@jnniel0]

“If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping.”

[@callmetarif]

I love the comparison between the bike and soloing 😂 alex is king

[@nabi5864]

Love Alex....He debunked every excuse with logic and reason

[@SpartaSpartan117]

You and nugget jumping on the Alex Honnold free solo trend today

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

Everyday 😅

[@Dee-Eddy]

Free Solo released in 2018. Trend?

[@SpartaSpartan117]

@@Dee-Eddy Nugget Climbing had also released a clip of an interview with Alex Honnold on the same day that this clip was released

[@Dee-Eddy]

@@SpartaSpartan117 sounds like Alex started saying yes to press.

[@SpartaSpartan117]

@@Dee-Eddy Eh? Alex has basically been the public face of climbing since free solo released

[@andysPARK]

Well done, magnus couldn't say no to the same offer ;)

[@proverbalizer]

I love the baby bear down climbing and re-routing for the win

[@user-pe7lp3xx2p]

Me watching Alex saying "Monkeys are the ultimate climbers" like, even they don't want to climb El Capitan.

[@AnimeCLUB101]

THOSE ARE DEFINITELY THE GOATS OF THE GAME.

[@danutagalecka2497]

Please ask Alex to comment on the scene near the end of "House that Jack Built" - the main character is going to Hell, but he is given one last chance to escape, he has to do a free-solo climbing traverse, or fall in to the deepest hell. He is told that no one has ever succeeded, he tries nevertheless and falls. Maybe Alex can comment, how hard that traverse looks, and if he could escape Hell.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😂

[@enricokohler475]

we need to see a mountain goat review Alex's free soloing El Cap;)

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

🤣

[@johndavid5618]

"That is amazing guys, thanx for sharing.

[@Kuppy0373]

One thing Alex is bad at… making anything sound scary 😂🤣

[@absoluteauto4]

It's crazy how much traction their hooves get. They should develop hiking shoes with synthetic goat hoove material.

[@RhotoActual]

@5:27 The real life fucking Scrat 😂

[@neaituppi7306]

I actually hadn't seen any video of animals climbing, though I have actually seen mountain goats on rocks in person. But at the time I saw it, in the Rockies when I lived there, I had far less conception of what climbing was. And I only saw them when they were at ground level.

[@neuronaljunctiondecay5673]

Alex is literally the GOAT

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😂

[@kaydens6964]

"Look, the best of them can only mimic a fraction of our power"

[@Ingulfrid]

It's funny how when you want to watch free solo videos with Honnold but don't wanna include his videos.. you just gotta watch animals cause he's the goat and only guy that has enough solo videos

[@kakhak]

Animals are magi, adorable, lovely, cute and miraculous.

[@lezzbmm]

o shit u gotta bring magnus and alex stormchasing !! that’d be epic !

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😬

[@TheAlison1456]

very cool the last time I saw him was in the documentary it was a very different mood there

[@EstamosDe]

0:21 ohhh I see, Alex has done that too! 😂

[@price22232]

You talking about the red river gorge? I'm no climber but I'm aware of the culture there. I learned how to backpack there.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

Yeah that’s my home crag. Gorgeous hiking 🙌💚

[@price22232]

@@thestruggleclimbingshow Home sweet home for me too. 💚

[@tanngrisnir69]

They are the G.O.A.T!

[@quantummidget]

Baby bear climbed himself into a pickle, funniest shit I've ever seen

[@IchDuForeverExplorering]

i once saw a squirrel fall out of a tree right in front of me on the ground, must have been 3-4 meters poor fella ran a few circles, than beneath the bench i was sitting into the bushes

[@slouch186]

it's crazy how good animals are at climbing

[@RupertMumphrey]

2:00 Imagine if this was on bear’s reach😂

[@wsnell67]

Hell ya awesome stuff I'm a logger n have seen bears in some awesome terrain but on that rock that baby bear has us all beat well except for Alex

[@jimmyhughes5392]

something abut Alex makes me think of Tony Ferguson, feel like they could be related.

[@slimigan]

I feel like Alex should know that squirrels can survive a fall from any height.

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

He might be part squirrel himself

[@jeffwolinski2659]

This was great!!!

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[@darkdestroyer32]

I'd go storm-chasing in a dominator LOOOONNNGGG before I even remotely consider free soloing. At least in a dominator, my given probability of certain death isn't 100% per error most of the time. And even in a worst case scenario storm chasing, I might get cut up, bruised, or broken bones, but not absolute certain death in the vast majority of cases. The way Alex tries to portray soloing as reasonably safe with ability is highly irrational

[@irfantaufiq2755]

alex tried to latch everyone into soloing 😂😂

[@arvinreyes2444]

"Look at these guys licking salt 500 feet off the ground" "Well you know what? Worthit" "....uh yeah.. yeah"

[@stf8375]

loved the videos lol !!!

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😅🙌

[@LinksQuest]

Didn’t Reed the storm chaser die in is dominator

[@far06c]

alex looking like prime dwight howard lol

[@XAndrew88]

Funny how that monkey jumped up out of there and was like "fuck this. this don't look any better"

[@nettewilson5926]

Poor little aminals but damn they are better athletes than most humans

[@greenman6141]

And kinder. Most animals, if they have ample food and are safe, they'll get on with each other and most other species. Humans...nope. Indeed, the richer they are, the worse they treat everyone and everything.

[@GaryJ-zl6zr]

man, I watched Alec kill the nose,wow

[@kriaz9916]

how can alex watch the most insane video nad be able to relate to it, like when he watched tom cruise climb the burj khalifa and refered to the time he climbed it

[@tobiasyoder]

storm chasing is not even in the same universe as soloing in terms of danger haha

[@oetzi022]

Say 'like' more

[@erikolsen6269]

Snoop couldnt do this kinda commentary better

[@cbjgdicad1]

When you are a kid, the strength in your arms compared to your body weight is so different to when you are an adult. No wonder you can just hang of a quarter an hour like its 30 seconfs

[@ufukalan]

when i saw the goats on thumbnail i thought it's clickbait, turnout it's not :D

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

Soloing goats and the soloing GOAT 😁

[@benjaminhodick5754]

Fear is not the leader

[@michaellewis483]

I guess I'm an old timer now. Video beta? WTF?

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

Fellow old timer here :). Yeah like if you’re out bouldering solo and don’t have friends to help you figure out a sequence (assuming you’re not trying to onsight) you can find videos of the climb in KAYA. You don’t have to use that feature of course, but I find it helpful if I’m researching something far away or if I get stuck after trying a few times my own way.

[@benjaminhodick5754]

Alex Honnold is awesome! That other dude is perpetrating 😪

[@codystephenson3607]

Put him on the spot 😂

[@ehjones]

You don't know they'll be fine mentally.

[@Menstral]

My condolences for having a daughter

[@niklaswerthner1349]

Alex watching his bothers and sisters finding salt

[@maskcollector6949]

+1 for Evolution

[@chrisdraughn5941]

There are videos of mountain goats falling, it’s not uncommon at all.

[@kbrown3787]

😔

[@WXVA9]

If goats died from climbing accidents, then there wouldn't be very many goats. And the ones that were around wouldn't have learned to have that attitude toward risk.

[@topofthemornintoya]

Im going to that place to put salt licks in for dem goat men

[@tubu1ar86]

That's an instinct that God instilled in that creature, The Lord's creatures are wonderful 😌

[@kaydens6964]

Its natural selection

[@andytraill]

50 goat bodies. 🤣

[@XAndrew88]

Your wife will let you get into a makeshift vehicle in a tornado that could be a record breaker? That's not rational at all.

[@jeremymercer5655]

Hmm, many more people die in motorcycle accidents than free soloing. It must be more dangerous.

[@p0t4toePotato]

its the stairs that kill even more people

[@tombstone4986]

They all share Alex's blood...

[@yaseensaifullah8222]

Alex is like a drug dealer trying to sell with these free solo pitches.

[@puncherinokripperino2500]

this app is slow af and doesn't even show me a map

[@samidebayroune3478]

the natural selection statement you made is terribly wrong mate

[@realpolitik3169]

Something is going on with Hannold mentally and emotionally. There is a flat lack of sensitivity there.

[@geneticjen9312]

"that's cute", "that's darling", "that would be sad". Yeah, no sensitivity

[@realpolitik3169]

@@geneticjen9312 It's not like he doesn't feel ANYTHING... It's just that none of it is a big deal. His emotional range varies but it's much more flat. Like a cat. "Alex... Your dog just died." "Shit. That's terrible. I am sad." - Alex Honnold

[@gaalzilla]

Damn so monotone from Alex definitely not the video the KZbinr wanted

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

They call him No Big Deal for a reason…

[@atomicprocrastinator3718]

My local gym uses animals as grades as opposed to the v system. Better at climbing the animal is, harder the route. From sloth to the rare monkey 🦥🐼🐨🦝🐿️🐐🐻🐵

[@thestruggleclimbingshow]

😂💚