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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumsman free climbs mountain--not even a rope! (Video--just a few seconds long.)
There is also a documentary about him, but I have not seen it.
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man free climbs mountain--not even a rope! (Video--just a few seconds long.) (Original Post)
tblue37
Oct 31
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Borogove
(411 posts)1. Great film. Won the academy award in Best Documentary category. Alex Honnold's achievement is beyond my comprehension.
tblue37
(67,877 posts)2. I have acrophobia, so the very idea freaks me out, but his achievement is amazing!
tblue37
(67,877 posts)3. His mom climbed El Capitan at age 66, then again at age 70. But she uses a rope.
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LudwigPastorius
(13,948 posts)4. I watched the doc, but I was exhausted afterward.
Watching him climb put me in an extreme state of anxiety.
The guy is incredibly skilled and confident, but also insane.