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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jun 13, 2012 - 01:22am PT
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He didn't look sketched out to me. He looked totally in the moment, lazer focus, solid. The slip was backed up by the other hand, no big deal.
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fsck
climber
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Jun 13, 2012 - 01:24am PT
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man what if hondo hooks up with that sascha digeridoo chick and they make a super baby that onsight freesolos el cap. stranger things have happened, ppl.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jun 13, 2012 - 01:39am PT
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One of the greatest athletic accomplishments of all time and do you think ESPN will report it?
Not . . .
No, but they're gonna put him on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
True.
The swimsuit edition.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Jun 13, 2012 - 02:56am PT
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His foot slipped but his hand had a good hold. He was fine. Then why did he turn 10 shades of pale, and gasped, like God had grabbed his as$? Also: in context of (free) soloing - he is trying to clip webbing/ bolt or some shlt there - looks so contrived (camera-man cheerleading etc on the audio).
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Jun 13, 2012 - 07:40am PT
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I put put "Alex Honnold" into google news, the so called Triple Crown got massive press coverage, in all kinds of languages. Cant read most of it.
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Huecool
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Jun 13, 2012 - 10:44am PT
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...jaw drops, speechless
Most awesome!
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Jun 13, 2012 - 10:56am PT
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One cool thing about this "Triple Crown" is that the media seems to be buying into the idea that this is the ultimate contest in rock climbing. It sounds like the Stanley Cup or some other kind of real trophy. And it's NOT a rock gym comp.
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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Jun 13, 2012 - 11:12am PT
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That video is not as sketchy as it looks, though obviously the position is totally badass. I just had a foot on for balance. It blew. If Ben Ditto [the photog] hadn’t been right next to me I probably wouldn’t have tried to be so static, so I wouldn’t have had the foot on anyway.
http://climbingnarc.com/2012/06/more-on-alex-honnold-solo-triple-yosemite/
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jun 13, 2012 - 11:23am PT
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yeah! what Riley and Werner said! Even if he died today he would have lived a lot more than most! Bravo Alex, Bravo freedom.
i am sure his mother and father would be really psyched if he were killed free soloing and of course praise freedom.... (sarcasm dripping)
make no mistake, what he is doing is amazing and amazingly dangerous and the more frequent he does it, the greater his chances of having an unrecoverable mistake or even one in which he had no control such as someone dropping gear on his head or a hold braking.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jun 13, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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I still can't see the camera folks in the long shot. To his right, left, above, below?
Take a look at 1:30 - 1:31, he appears to give out a little sigh, like "I'm glad that part is over".
Also, what is being said at :28 - :29?
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jun 13, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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Hey Hawkeye, freedom means having the choice. Sounds like you are choosing not to solo hard sh#t, you have the freedom to do so. Pretty sure Honnold has made peace with the consequences.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jun 13, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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Hey Hawkeye, freedom means having the choice. Sounds like you are choosing not to solo hard sh#t, you have the freedom to do so. Pretty sure Honnold has made peace with the consequences.
i am old and feeble and never soloed anything hard for a guy like honnold. i did push myself soloing though (10c onsite when the hardest thing i had ever done was about 11c). i grew out of that and learned that there was more to life.
making peace with the consequences ....interesting thought but i doubt it but my opinion doesnt matter. but nobody should be surprised if he doesnt make it past 30. i hate like hell to say that and dont know him. if i did i would plead with him to slow down and smell the roses. if he were my kid i would be deeply disturbed.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 13, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
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Rock climbers see Honnold's free solos and say "that's insane he could die doing that!"
Meanwhile the general public sees all rock climbing and says "that's insane they could die doing that!"
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jun 13, 2012 - 04:41pm PT
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Let him do what he wants to do.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jun 13, 2012 - 05:15pm PT
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Oh god.
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eagle
Trad climber
new paltz, ny
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Jun 13, 2012 - 05:24pm PT
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no one cares about what this guy does.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 22, 2012 - 11:52am PT
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Now that the Gong show has subsided, here is a particularly natural skype video interview of Alex shortly after the Triple; Alex is really relaxed, exhausted somewhat still, humorous and diplomatic as always: EpicTV in the UK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOYC1-EpOQ&feature=related
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RP3
Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
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Mar 28, 2013 - 10:21am PT
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Holy crap!
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