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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jan 17, 2014 - 07:54pm PT
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Absolutely incredible. I pooped my pants just thinking about it...
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jan 17, 2014 - 08:08pm PT
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I find it hypocritical that climbers are disturbed and saddened by what Alex is doing. Do you feel the same way about BASE jumpers and alpinists?
I can understand the general public thinking he's insane or crazy but we are climbers. We risk our lives doing what we love.
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 17, 2014 - 08:11pm PT
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Probability rules our lives.
While free soloing is certainly less forgiving, there is no empirical evidence that I've seen that suggests that free soloist are more likely to die than roped climbers. I could see such a study going either way actually. A prepared and fit free soloist may be quite safe, even if there are more objective risks. On the basis of anecdotal evidence, there are far more stories of people dying while climbing roped.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jan 17, 2014 - 08:17pm PT
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Absolutely incredible. I pooped my pants just thinking about it...
Cleanup on aisle 9!!!
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 17, 2014 - 09:18pm PT
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At least when people free-solo, nobody can ask how they get the ropes up there.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 17, 2014 - 09:33pm PT
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I'm confused. Outside magazine is a climbing mag now? Or do they just pay top dollar for breaking free solo stories?
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Jan 17, 2014 - 09:39pm PT
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Alex's destiny will be determined by Alex, he is here on this planet to do this. Celebration!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Jan 17, 2014 - 09:44pm PT
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Was speaking with Mr. Honnold a while back and he was wondering whether it would be gauche to issue a One Million Dollar climbing challenge.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 17, 2014 - 09:52pm PT
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Alex's destiny will be determined by Alex, he is here on this planet to do this. Celebration!
Yeah, it kind of feels that way.
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
New England
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Jan 18, 2014 - 12:01am PT
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Mind-blowing, as usual...
I met him at the base of Middle C back in 2008 right after he did Half Dome. It would be cool to see him now and how he's changed (if at all)
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 18, 2014 - 12:10am PT
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Seems the same to me. He's having fun (damn how could you not with the life he has made for himself!), down to earth. Handles admiring public better than I would I'd bet.
I worry about him a bit.. but hell I worry about all you folks. I hate the inevitable R.I.P. posts we see every year. It's possible any of us will be next.
Gotta follow your heart.. if that's climbing, Well I think you are blessed.. Honnold or the newest of the bitten.
Be safe out there folks...
But not TOO safe.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 18, 2014 - 01:28am PT
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And if you can't be safe at least be careful.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 18, 2014 - 01:28am PT
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And if you can't be careful at least have fun!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 18, 2014 - 01:47am PT
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Is it more dangerous for Alex to do this or an inexperienced climber to do a trad lead? Both have substantial risks, but I would argue he is more in control and aware of his limitations than inexperienced leaders. I would bet he backs off when he doesn't feel right.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 18, 2014 - 01:52am PT
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This makes it seem more reasonable;
According to Outside's report, Wright had joined Honnold in Mexico last week and together they rehearsed the route, climbing it four times while also establishing a new exit section to the route in order to reach El Toro's true summit.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Jan 18, 2014 - 02:14am PT
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What usually is missing in these astonished posts over Honnold's increasingly more radical unroped ventures is how terrifically aesthetic the outings must be for him. Overwhelming almost, I have to assume, just from this point of view. To augment them next time round, has to be almost inevitable too in the endless loop of harder and harder climbs and the self-perpetuating journey such ascents form and coax.
Remember we have more than a hundred years of this kind of unroped or virtually unroped ecstasy in our history. Amazing things were done long ago without any real protection and today Alex stands on our shoulders and says so too, even shows us. We all should not be so stupefied. We all hope he stays well, hold him dear, and of course most of us have barely a clue what the man is really experiencing during his conjectures. But it is simply written in our history, world rock climbing history, that climbers like Alex and others are coming forth in 2014 doing what they are doing.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Jan 18, 2014 - 02:19am PT
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At least when people free-solo, nobody can ask how they get the ropes up there. ... touches on something particular to Ho nnold solos tho: the nearby ropes etc of the film crews etc. You start to suspect that a prearranged assist/ rescue was always an option. Not the case for the pioneers (for the most part), who did burly stuff on the spur of the moment, not even telling anyone where they were going.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Jan 18, 2014 - 02:24am PT
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Bio, you might not be aware how he goes back and acts out parts of the climbs for benefit of film and crew on ropes. For the most part he initially is out there alone and then returns to do filming. This is quite well documented.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 18, 2014 - 02:32am PT
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Incruckingfedible!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 18, 2014 - 02:39am PT
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Haha BK u took my posts too serious!
That's something me and buddies always say to each other, I just forgot the last one:
And if you can't have fun at least be drunk!
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