I was curious how he would do the top, then I saw he had a ladder. I don’t hear anything as the kid had another TV with UFC on also
Free Solo: Alex Honnold
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Yep, did it in an hour and 31 minutes. Crazy MoFo.
Way cool to watch him conquer that live. The broadcast was pretty clunky but this is uncharted territory as sports television and in general human achievement. Gotta imagine at age 40 this could be his final major event like this.
I think this is about as easy for him as you or me walking down the side walk.
I literally couldn’t watch when I tried. Got way too anxious watching him. Have no clue how in the hell he does that.
True. But we've all tripped walking down the sidewalk. For us it might mean a scraped knee or just dented pride. For him it would've meant death. Crazy.
It sounds insane but this was probably one of the easier ones he's done. Climbing up something that's solid and he can grab easy isn't too terribly difficult for him
Honnold's free solos have usually been on mountain faces. That's solid as well. You want crazy, check out 'The Alpinist' and Marc-Andre Leclerc's free solo climbs where he was ascending on snow and ice. That guy is the true GOAT.
Yeah, this, and a men's basketball game in the same day, I'm sure my life span just decreased by a full year.
For more of these big waves again watch this 100 Foot Wave show on Max I keep mentioning. That show is all about the discovery, journey, and surfing the spot, with footage of surfers surfing these massive waves where this went down. The people of the show don't disappoint with their perspectives and approach to life.
The waves in Nazare that day were insane. Its known to be one of the best surfing spots in the world but those were once in 500 year type of swells. You don't really think of Europe being a big surfing area. You almost would think only the Pacific would have waves that big. There's a place near Cape Town out on Hout Bay called "the dungeons" that is notorious for massive waves also. You can't see them from the coast you have to take a boat to it. When I studied abroad there I wanted to go watch people surf them. Couldn't find anyone that just goes out there. Even a lot of pros won't mess with waves like that
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El Capitan/Free Solo, IMO, is the greatest athletic performance of all time. This is close. Unreal.
Is it weird that I can’t bring myself to watch even when I know he made it safely? The anxiety is off the charts
