@@trinidadcollier9437 whatever poser, doubt you even hike mountains much less climb one. Go back to your video game,where you have the world figured out. Don't forget to yell for your mommy to cook you a chicken pot pie 🥧. 🖕🤣
Love Alex Honnold. For sure one of the most "grounded" athletes on the planet. I think staring death in the face pretty often made him practically a humble monk of sorts lmao
Climbers in general are extremely down to earth and just enjoy climbing for the fun of it, not the prestige or money or anything like that. If you watch competitive climbing the competitors literally talk about beta with each other
Just recently rewatched Free Solo. To say it's mindblowing what this man did feels like such an understatement. For me there are exceptional, great and even legendary athletes. And then there's Honnold.
@@jakegetrost4690 That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. You obviously don't climb. Alex his highest rated redpoint is 9a which Adam already completed when he was just 13. Ondra is the only guy to have ever climbed 9c. The hardest part on El Capitan (keep in mind, most of the wall is rated much lower) is 8b+ which Ondra had already red sighted (climbing a wall first try without knowing the route or any information on it) when he was 11... Let me put it this way: Ondra could climb El Capitan (even free solo) if he wanted to, Honnold wouldn't be able to do most of the stuff Ondra is doing. And I am sorry, but if you disagree, you simply don't know climbing.
Man I love Alex's personality and charisma. Was just watching Magnus video where they go free solo and the dying jokes were so funny and he was so non chanlantly about it
I probably won't think about climbing again for months until another recommended video to do with it pops up but listening to someone that is passionate about a specific thing? Love it.
My friends were recently talking about sports and someone asked the question what was the greatest ever sporting achievement, there were many suggestions, my reply was Alex Honnold's free soloing of El Capitan. They laughed at me UNTIL they watched the documentary! I won the beers...
i seriously love Alex 😭 i came across a video with him a few months ago and then became obsessed with rock climbing and how he does it so effortlessly. such a big fan of his, and he just had a baby too 🥺🥰 congrats alex! ❤️
You're very fast and gifted with words explaining the sport, and can clearly explain your thought processes afterwards. So do you also have this inner monologue while climbing? Or is it all instinct and visualization until you reach the top and reflect?
It feels a bit sketchy at the beginning, but the freedom it gives you to move around and reposition is a game changer. Just not in rental shoes, those are terrible. If you have a good pair of shoes, trust them, you’ll be amazed at what holds they’ll hold on to just on the big toe.
@@Eventual-Visitor Dean hit a wall wingsuiting and Marc was swept by an avalanche this is alpinism not ballet, learn to tie a figure of 8 before even commenting you typical couch gumby
Would love to see more high tech materials in climbing equipment. Really liked the Grivel carbon fibre ice axes but companies should experiment more with f1 and aerospace materials. Many people who go to the mountains have deep pockets ;-)
I’m surprised more climbing shoes don’t include carbon fiber midsoles like the new Nike marathon racing shoes that are light, flexible, but spring back to shape. Instead they keep using flexible plastic or cheap pvc
I watched the movie Free Solo only after watching this video because of how genuine Alex Honnold comes across. Anyhow, I signed up for some climbing lessons after all that & bouldering is my Friday evening activity now.
Hey Wired, love this series! It would be cool to see a professional dogsled musher make an appearance. I run commercial dog tours for a living and I can tell you first hand that people have tons of questions and misconceptions about dogsledding in general.
I do not miss climbing shoes! Lol. I wore Boreal Ases mostly due to extreme arch support in that shoe, as my feet would get into an almost spiral cramp without that level of support. They had thick/stiff soles, too. Flexible soles like in beginner shoes don't grip surfaces as well, and you want that grip. Climbing shoes are designed to warp your feet, so prepare for and embrace that discomfort. Spend time on your nails, too. The more white you can cut off, the better, as the shoes put a ton of inward pressure on your toes and press the nails into the neighboring toes. I have shallow, wide pinky toenails that easily split down the middle, and I actually pulled those nails out regularly as it was far less painful than having them in those shoes. Can't say I recommend it. I'm surprised he didn't mention this, but you want your feet to face the same direction as often as possible while climbing, because it conserves energy. I refer to this as being "hip in" to the wall, as opposed to being "bits in" to the wall, or spread eagle. Bits in taxes your muscles too much and all at once. Your whole musculature is constantly engaged all at once, preventing rest, so you'll quickly start to elvis, lose your grip, and wind up on the ground having a seriously abbreviated climbing day.
I’d have liked a little more info about the different rocks. Some textures must be harder on the fingers, at least, and the likelihood of a hold snapping may be different with different rock types. Or maybe not, but we don’t know, because he sort of glossed over it. Otherwise, really loved this follow up!
It’s really region dependent. Limestone in El Potrero Chico in Mexico tends to have extremely sharp thin holds and just generally jagged while still being super insecure on your feet. You just constantly feel like you’re going to slip off. It’s also rather brittle so you can definitely pull holds off. Granite on the other hand tends to be really smooth or rather rough which provides great smearing capabilities. It also tends to have massive splitter cracks that are fun to crack climb. Super durable. Sandstone is the in between. It’s soft like limestone but splits like granite often giving amazing stellar crack climbs. Examples: Limestone -El Potrero Chico, Mexico -Ceuse, France -Oliana, Spain Granite -Yosemite, California -Squamish, Canada Sandstone -Zion National Park, Utah -Indian Creek, Utah Hope that helps a little bit! :)
Alex and I are the same age. I feel like I've wasted my time by comparison. Dude is setting all time world firsts while I.... can eat a large pizza in one sitting. Respect!
Regarding the rappelling technique -- I think Uloha was pointing out that there is no knot at the end of the rope. If the climber in blue rappels any further down the rope, he will fall off the end of the rope to his death. This unfortunately is one of the major causes of deaths in climbing. This is in addition to the belayer who is somehow strong enough to hold the rappelling climber's weight with his hands only.
there are two feats i think that are the greatest in all of sports. 1 is eliud kipchoge running a sub 2 hour marathon. And 2 is alex free soloing el capitan
Maaan, I was curious what a climber's diet is like lol. He seems like a very grounded, intelligent guy. I have a deep, DEEP fear of heights, but I've really enjoyed watching his vids.
My everything shoe is the Scarpa instinct VS, its not the absolute best at any one thing but does everything quite well, it is also durable mine are on their 3rd year climbing 2-3x/week with a 3 resoles. Also not the cheapest either. Biggest thing though is get shoes that fit YOU!
he breezed past that going to antarctica and testing new gear like you wouldve thought he took that new gear to a kids playground lol man is a literal goat
At a competition one time on a bouldering route I had to climb it started on a slab and traversed over to an overhang, into a bathing move that you had to swing to a jug then use that momentum to swing into another bat hang on the other side of the over hand while switching your hands position on the hold. You then had to get your hands on the hold that your feet are on then drop your feet onto the hold your feet just were then climb up to the top of the wall which involves 3 knee bars I think.
Free solo is a masterpiece film I knew nothing of Alex till week ago when this film was on Disney plus national graphic channel after watching it and being very moved by it I googled him to see if he was still alive this man lived on the edge so there was a good chance he wasn't ,but he was alive and doing well which made me happy..also his mum just climbed el cappitan on her 70th birthday recently
It’s always nice to see Alex is still alive given everything he’s climbed 😬😬
My thoughts exactly, seeing him is just a nice reminder he is still going strong.
these could be re-recorded haha
I wish he'd just stop all Free Solo, he has nothing to prove or even show anymore.
@@jizim8947 that’s not what it’s about. At all.
@@trinidadcollier9437 whatever poser, doubt you even hike mountains much less climb one. Go back to your video game,where you have the world figured out. Don't forget to yell for your mommy to cook you a chicken pot pie 🥧. 🖕🤣
Love Alex Honnold. For sure one of the most "grounded" athletes on the planet. I think staring death in the face pretty often made him practically a humble monk of sorts lmao
@@DontRecommendThisShxt He always has been, and surely he is still now! If you don't belive it i think you don't know almost anything about him...
@@DontRecommendThisShxt Yeah he is. He has Asperger's you dickwad
@@DontRecommendThisShxt what makes you say that?
Climbers in general are extremely down to earth and just enjoy climbing for the fun of it, not the prestige or money or anything like that. If you watch competitive climbing the competitors literally talk about beta with each other
Not humble, but a little on the spectrum
Seriously happy that he’s here and hasn’t had any major accidents since last we saw him!
He just had a baby!
@@camcammy4753 yes, but I would hope this one isn't an accident
@@olivertenbroeke4919 😭🤣
He never soloed anything that hard relative to his ability
I last saw him a week ago. If you really cared that much you would watch more of his videos, not just the ones on wired
1:33 hahaha love his candid delivery "they're both about to die"
Climbing is lucky to have such great and unique ambassadors like Honnold, Ondra, and Magnus Midtbo.
Magnus is the reason I started climbing and watching his videos still motivates me to this day.
Also I love the fact, that you can feel how much passion he has when he talks about climbing🤗
I love Alex Honnold! He always seems so humble and kind I would love to meet him. Glad he’s back for another video
He’s kinda known around the climbing world as a pretty arrogant guy. I don’t blame him though. He kills it
@@daltond190 Yeah I wouldn’t hold it too him either. He can definitely back up his talk lol
@@daltond190 lol honestly he seems socially awkward, I wonder how much that plays into it
@@rhysjones1108 because he’s on the Spectrum. Blunts him socially and emotionally (ie. fear).
Just recently rewatched Free Solo. To say it's mindblowing what this man did feels like such an understatement.
For me there are exceptional, great and even legendary athletes. And then there's Honnold.
Plenty of climbers better than Honnold tbf
@@jandv3539 which ones? id love to check them out. the bar is a 3000ft free solo
@@jakegetrost4690 Adam Ondra and Chris Sharma are two examples. There both miles ahead of Honnold
@@jandv3539 they're pretty good but they dont have any climbs as impressive as the free solo of half dome and el cap.
@@jakegetrost4690 That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. You obviously don't climb. Alex his highest rated redpoint is 9a which Adam already completed when he was just 13. Ondra is the only guy to have ever climbed 9c. The hardest part on El Capitan (keep in mind, most of the wall is rated much lower) is 8b+ which Ondra had already red sighted (climbing a wall first try without knowing the route or any information on it) when he was 11... Let me put it this way: Ondra could climb El Capitan (even free solo) if he wanted to, Honnold wouldn't be able to do most of the stuff Ondra is doing. And I am sorry, but if you disagree, you simply don't know climbing.
Man I love Alex's personality and charisma. Was just watching Magnus video where they go free solo and the dying jokes were so funny and he was so non chanlantly about it
I could listen to Alex explain climbing ALL DAY!
literally all day - love the way he talks
@@charliegraham8000same
It’s always nice to see Alex is still with us
Had to dubble check right now
I probably won't think about climbing again for months until another recommended video to do with it pops up but listening to someone that is passionate about a specific thing? Love it.
My friends were recently talking about sports and someone asked the question what was the greatest ever sporting achievement, there were many suggestions, my reply was Alex Honnold's free soloing of El Capitan. They laughed at me UNTIL they watched the documentary! I won the beers...
Cool story, bro
Alex: Fall is the best for climbing
Editor: okaaay let me change that to Autumn
Alex is great but you've got to be ready for the savage truth if you ask his opinion 😅 Love it
@Groovtastic I feel like you just called yourself out, it's genuinely impressive how much cringe you can squeeze into so few words, well played
"What does it take to ascend the hardest climb in the world?"
"It takes very strong fingers."
i was just binging some of his older videos, this video is perfectly timed
“It’s probably alright for Brooklyn if it made it through Antarctica” lol savage
I fricken love this guy! He’s so laid back and has a super dry sense of humor. He’s great !
I love this guy! So knowledgeable and phenomenal to watch.
Alex's freesolo climb of El Capitan was one of the most amazing human feats of all time
Alex became a father a few weeks ago. Maybe his focus will shift a little towards family life now and we can keep him a long time :)
How often has fatherhood stopped a climber?
If they want to climb, they will climb
his child will start climbing at age of 1
I like to imagine they had to convince him to call autumn “fall” when talking about a climbers favorite season 😂
Dude doesn't sugarcoat anything. Literally tells you what's on his mind and it's up to you if you want to hear it or not
"it's all very dangerous and they're both about to die" 😂😂
Many things to love about AH, but his voice is definitely one of them. I could listen to him all day.
i seriously love Alex 😭 i came across a video with him a few months ago and then became obsessed with rock climbing and how he does it so effortlessly. such a big fan of his, and he just had a baby too 🥺🥰 congrats alex! ❤️
Alex Honnold is one of the coolest people on the planet! Period.
Could you imagine shaking his hand? I feel like he'd break just about everyone's hands.
He’s one of the reasons i strayed climbing around 5 years ago!
Love Alex Honnold. Glad he made another one of these!
You're very fast and gifted with words explaining the sport, and can clearly explain your thought processes afterwards.
So do you also have this inner monologue while climbing? Or is it all instinct and visualization until you reach the top and reflect?
Watch his movie - free solo - it’s amazing and he actually talks about visualization in it.
I've missed Alex. Good to he him again.
Always refreshing to hear Alex.
He is so inspiring and humble. I'm learning still.. But he is so impressive!
Does anyone notice that his eyes barely blink ? That's so cool !
Such a pleasure to watch Alex!
Started indoor climbing about 3 weeks ago. The foot/toe thing makes sense but I'm just not used to putting in it in practice.
It feels a bit sketchy at the beginning, but the freedom it gives you to move around and reposition is a game changer. Just not in rental shoes, those are terrible. If you have a good pair of shoes, trust them, you’ll be amazed at what holds they’ll hold on to just on the big toe.
I love how he says ‘The Fall’ is the best time for climbing😂
What a well balanced individual. Great answers to some pretty random questions.
0:54 I more took this question as, "Do you need to be worried that holds will degrade over time?"
That's what I thought too. Like wouldn't all those spikes weaken the rock face?
Very nice to hear the coaching I've been given is exactly what Alex hannold gives out as well. I know I'm saying the right stuff!
You can just look at this dude and tell he does some sort of niche outdoor sport
Fascinating! Already waiting for part 3. The tip of the foot bit was a good insight.
his matter-of-fact bluntness is endearing
8:55 The fact that the best season for climbing is "the Fall" is the biggest irony.
Can see the passion that’s what it’s about I’ve been hooked by these guys Him and Dean and Marc Andre with Ueli have always been been inspiring
There's a lot of greats but Alex and Dean don't compare with Marc or the swiss machine as all-arounders
@@idkgg9588 Especially when it comes to free falling off a mountain.
@@Eventual-Visitor and you're talking about who?
@@idkgg9588 The Swiss broken machine, who else.
@@Eventual-Visitor Dean hit a wall wingsuiting and Marc was swept by an avalanche this is alpinism not ballet, learn to tie a figure of 8 before even commenting you typical couch gumby
hes just so likable
Woah that's my gym! Refuge Climbing in LV. Alex is the best 🤩
omg totally 🤩Love seeing Refuge in Alex's clips!
Haha, I was going to post something similar!
Two of my favorite Las Vegas climbers!
I love this dude. So chill.
I’m just genuinely happy this guy is alive
Dude seems chill af
Would love to see more high tech materials in climbing equipment. Really liked the Grivel carbon fibre ice axes but companies should experiment more with f1 and aerospace materials. Many people who go to the mountains have deep pockets ;-)
I’m surprised more climbing shoes don’t include carbon fiber midsoles like the new Nike marathon racing shoes that are light, flexible, but spring back to shape. Instead they keep using flexible plastic or cheap pvc
For someone who's always in the sky, he's so down-to-earth
Practicing Silent Feet on a V1 wall was huge gains to my foot game.
"fisher people"
😅😅 Love this guy
I watched the movie Free Solo only after watching this video because of how genuine Alex Honnold comes across. Anyhow, I signed up for some climbing lessons after all that & bouldering is my Friday evening activity now.
Hey Wired, love this series! It would be cool to see a professional dogsled musher make an appearance. I run commercial dog tours for a living and I can tell you first hand that people have tons of questions and misconceptions about dogsledding in general.
I would watch that!
Honnold brought out the La Sportiva Theory's as a metaphor for his theoretical ability to boulder above V10. I'm sure he'll prove it some day
Wooo!! shots fired! Come on alex, I'm trynna see you in a mellow video!
@@maxwestmoreland9810 get honnold on ROTS now
To be fair, Alex has climbed multiple double digit boulders, but I appreciate the pun
I do not miss climbing shoes! Lol. I wore Boreal Ases mostly due to extreme arch support in that shoe, as my feet would get into an almost spiral cramp without that level of support. They had thick/stiff soles, too. Flexible soles like in beginner shoes don't grip surfaces as well, and you want that grip.
Climbing shoes are designed to warp your feet, so prepare for and embrace that discomfort. Spend time on your nails, too. The more white you can cut off, the better, as the shoes put a ton of inward pressure on your toes and press the nails into the neighboring toes. I have shallow, wide pinky toenails that easily split down the middle, and I actually pulled those nails out regularly as it was far less painful than having them in those shoes. Can't say I recommend it.
I'm surprised he didn't mention this, but you want your feet to face the same direction as often as possible while climbing, because it conserves energy. I refer to this as being "hip in" to the wall, as opposed to being "bits in" to the wall, or spread eagle. Bits in taxes your muscles too much and all at once. Your whole musculature is constantly engaged all at once, preventing rest, so you'll quickly start to elvis, lose your grip, and wind up on the ground having a seriously abbreviated climbing day.
well, he’s alive. Thank God and I can’t wait to see what’s next for him!!
I got to meet him at Bush Airport in Houston. Super cool down to earth dude.
I’d have liked a little more info about the different rocks. Some textures must be harder on the fingers, at least, and the likelihood of a hold snapping may be different with different rock types. Or maybe not, but we don’t know, because he sort of glossed over it. Otherwise, really loved this follow up!
It’s really region dependent. Limestone in El Potrero Chico in Mexico tends to have extremely sharp thin holds and just generally jagged while still being super insecure on your feet. You just constantly feel like you’re going to slip off. It’s also rather brittle so you can definitely pull holds off. Granite on the other hand tends to be really smooth or rather rough which provides great smearing capabilities. It also tends to have massive splitter cracks that are fun to crack climb. Super durable. Sandstone is the in between. It’s soft like limestone but splits like granite often giving amazing stellar crack climbs.
Examples:
Limestone
-El Potrero Chico, Mexico
-Ceuse, France
-Oliana, Spain
Granite
-Yosemite, California
-Squamish, Canada
Sandstone
-Zion National Park, Utah
-Indian Creek, Utah
Hope that helps a little bit! :)
@@willbinette1130 limestone is so fun! My buddies got really into the cracks, I always loved chimney climbs.
I LOVE ALEX HONNOLD!!! I wear a size 17 shoe in mens and i’m having trouble finding climbing shoes so i can start climbing
Acopa maybe? Evolv also goes up to 16?
Are you 8 foot tall??
@@Friction_Addiction i’m actually 6”4 tall, i usually wear size 18 but i am willing to squeeze into some size 17
@@thesii213 thank you!!
@@jayofthenorth3364 For sure! And let me know how things go! I have a big-footed friend that's been trying to find one as well.
Climbers liking Fall is just the perfectly ironic coincidence lol 8:56
Alex and I are the same age. I feel like I've wasted my time by comparison. Dude is setting all time world firsts while I.... can eat a large pizza in one sitting. Respect!
Regarding the rappelling technique -- I think Uloha was pointing out that there is no knot at the end of the rope. If the climber in blue rappels any further down the rope, he will fall off the end of the rope to his death. This unfortunately is one of the major causes of deaths in climbing.
This is in addition to the belayer who is somehow strong enough to hold the rappelling climber's weight with his hands only.
No stopper knot, no backup (prusik), not even using a descender to rappel
“Also, you shouldn’t eat at all… it’s gross”
😂😂😂😂 I’m dead
Yes!! Was waiting on more of this. 👌
*someone puts the link to this vid in the climbers discord* welp guess I gotta drop everything and watch this
there are two feats i think that are the greatest in all of sports. 1 is eliud kipchoge running a sub 2 hour marathon. And 2 is alex free soloing el capitan
3:19 this move could easily tear a muscle , ligament and cause a fracture and requires good flexibility . Mountain climbers need to be appreciated
Maaan, I was curious what a climber's diet is like lol. He seems like a very grounded, intelligent guy. I have a deep, DEEP fear of heights, but I've really enjoyed watching his vids.
My everything shoe is the Scarpa instinct VS, its not the absolute best at any one thing but does everything quite well, it is also durable mine are on their 3rd year climbing 2-3x/week with a 3 resoles. Also not the cheapest either. Biggest thing though is get shoes that fit YOU!
Imagine a keychain sized biners made of titanium that can withstand 25kN or more, a dynamic dyneema ropes with kevlar core in the future
he breezed past that going to antarctica and testing new gear like you wouldve thought he took that new gear to a kids playground lol man is a literal goat
Thanks!
Do a part 3
I would watch one of these each month tbh
I love the comments about pooping.. it hit me after watching the documentary and realizing it took 4 hours. It's a funny yet important question.
Thanl you mr handhold very cool
I am so happy🤩... I love Alex Honnold and his honest and logical attitude😁.. It was great seeing him climb 😊
This man inspires me so much
At a competition one time on a bouldering route I had to climb it started on a slab and traversed over to an overhang, into a bathing move that you had to swing to a jug then use that momentum to swing into another bat hang on the other side of the over hand while switching your hands position on the hold. You then had to get your hands on the hold that your feet are on then drop your feet onto the hold your feet just were then climb up to the top of the wall which involves 3 knee bars I think.
the rock climbing GOAT has returned
free solo rockclimber GOAT*
Wired should do one of these with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. That man is an absolute genius musician and mystical thinker.
You should get Ghisolfi, Ondra, Bouin and Megos to do interviews like these as well. You know, the climbers' climbers.
On The Last Tepui how did you get down?
Refuge Climbing center babyyyy 🙌🏻
I wonder what year it will be when the first ascent of a (liquid) waterfall is completed
He seems to exude much more at ease/joy these days...good for him...just beginning...
Loved listening to this.
I love his sense of humor
please give this man some ultra ultra light gear
Climbing is a relatively low impact sport. Unless you fall, then it’s high impact, but likely only once.
Free solo is a masterpiece film I knew nothing of Alex till week ago when this film was on Disney plus national graphic channel after watching it and being very moved by it I googled him to see if he was still alive this man lived on the edge so there was a good chance he wasn't ,but he was alive and doing well which made me happy..also his mum just climbed el cappitan on her 70th birthday recently
For the last question about future gear. Maybe carbon nanotubes will take over in rope material. But this is only a speculation
Or synthetic spider silk!
Thanks for your sharing
Part 3 please!!!
great answers
This guy looks like he was evolutionarily designed to climb. He’s got those giant hands and eyes
This dude is so lucky to still be alive…