Free Soloist: Alex Honnold
PostedCOLON Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:16 am
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Kezia wroteCOLONDear god I felt woozy just watching that..
Yeah, some mountain climbing excursions take multiple days to climb so mountain climbers need to carry those baskets behind them as a bed for when they take a rest at night. The crazy thing about Alex Honnold is that he does that without any gear, he just carries it on a rope around his waist.mr. bruin wroteCOLONGuy is nuts...Buddy here at work climbed the mountain right beside the one is this video. half done or el capitain or whatever...anyways...he was telling em how they slept in these hanging baskets at night time on this cliff face. Crazy sport. He also told me how you just see random balls of shit flying down the mountain from the climbers above taking dumps...awesome...
That is such an inappropriate thing to say.H MART wroteCOLONNo disrespect, but he kinda looks like a retard
Agreed, I've been obsessed with this guys story since I saw this documentary, he really is something else. As far as I'm concerned, the greatest athlete in the world today, certainly the most dominant in his respective sport.Chris wroteCOLONFinally watched this: Amazing.
I'm blown away by his athleticism, natural stretch, and agility. When people talk about elite athletes, they think of tennis players, hockey players, basketball players, etc. But solo free-climbing has to be the toughest sport in the world. I can't even think of another sport that trumps it.
You guys are confusing athletic dominance/ability with the fact that there are surely many people who are physically "able" to do what he does but psychologically and mentally "unable" to do it.MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONAgreed, I've been obsessed with this guys story since I saw this documentary, he really is something else. As far as I'm concerned, the greatest athlete in the world today, certainly the most dominant in his respective sport.Chris wroteCOLONFinally watched this: Amazing.
I'm blown away by his athleticism, natural stretch, and agility. When people talk about elite athletes, they think of tennis players, hockey players, basketball players, etc. But solo free-climbing has to be the toughest sport in the world. I can't even think of another sport that trumps it.
Errr... I don't think you have a fucking clue of how physically demanding it is to hold your own weight with a tiny sliver of leverage.SuperMario wroteCOLONYou guys are confusing athletic dominance/ability with the fact that there are surely many people who are physically "able" to do what he does but psychologically and mentally "unable" to do it.MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONAgreed, I've been obsessed with this guys story since I saw this documentary, he really is something else. As far as I'm concerned, the greatest athlete in the world today, certainly the most dominant in his respective sport.Chris wroteCOLONFinally watched this: Amazing.
I'm blown away by his athleticism, natural stretch, and agility. When people talk about elite athletes, they think of tennis players, hockey players, basketball players, etc. But solo free-climbing has to be the toughest sport in the world. I can't even think of another sport that trumps it.
As usual, you are speaking about a topic out of turn. Alex Honnold has scaled mountains such as the North Face in hours (without rope) whereas even the most elite climbers can only scale it in a day (with rope). Alex Honnold has also scaled mountains that no one else has (free soloist or with rope), clearly he is the best at his sport, both athletically and mentally.SuperMario wroteCOLONYou guys are confusing athletic dominance/ability with the fact that there are surely many people who are physically "able" to do what he does but psychologically and mentally "unable" to do it.MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONAgreed, I've been obsessed with this guys story since I saw this documentary, he really is something else. As far as I'm concerned, the greatest athlete in the world today, certainly the most dominant in his respective sport.Chris wroteCOLONFinally watched this: Amazing.
I'm blown away by his athleticism, natural stretch, and agility. When people talk about elite athletes, they think of tennis players, hockey players, basketball players, etc. But solo free-climbing has to be the toughest sport in the world. I can't even think of another sport that trumps it.
Shiv has a bad habit of commenting on things outside of his knowledge base.Chris wroteCOLONErrr... I don't think you have a fucking clue of how physically demanding it is to hold your own weight with a tiny sliver of leverage.
No Nick, the video I posted (emphasis on 'I') clearly demonstrates that Alex scopes out a path before he climbs it. I state facts, I leave the rest to you and Shiv. In the meantime, perhaps you could link us all to the direct quote where I stated a short basketball player was the best athlete in the world?Nick wroteCOLONKareem you're also making it sound like he free-climbs w/o 2+ rope climbs to scope a path... and i think around this time last year you were calling those guys that run and jump off things the best athletes, and before that the short basketball prospect with insane vert.