Alex Honnold one of the world's greatest free-solo climbers - General

[video=youtube;Phl82D57P58]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58[/video] Scary as hell climb, this guy has some balls.

Fuck that.

How in the hell do you persuade yourself to do something like that? Man, it'd be quite a rush tough to complete something like that.

[QUOTE=bull04;45162351]How in the hell do you persuade yourself to do something like that? Man, it'd be quite a rush tough to complete something like that.[/QUOTE] He said that he can't do it in a rush, he has to be calm and concentrated. [video=youtube;SR1jwwagtaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ[/video]

I've climbed and hiked quite a bit in my life, and I've done a fair share of free climbing, but this is ridiculous. The biggest face I've free climbed was 60 Feet and that was a little over half way up. It was off the banks of a river with some friends, and we climbed into a little cave. It took me forever to do it and I slipped and nearly fell to my death a few times. When we got to the top, I realized how much harder it would be to get back down. Fortunately enough, I climbed down to about 15 feet above the river and just decided to jump in. Also, free faces like this tend to have a shit load of spiders tucked into those crevices. It isn't a sport for people with arachnophobia.

[QUOTE=Fox01;45162483]I've climbed and hiked quite a bit in my life, and I've done a fair share of free climbing, but this is ridiculous. The biggest face I've free climbed was 60 Feet and that was a little over half way up. It was off the banks of a river with some friends, and we climbed into a little cave. It took me forever to do it and I slipped and nearly fell to my death a few times. When we got to the top, I realized how much harder it would be to get back down. Fortunately enough, I climbed down to about 15 feet above the river and just decided to jump in. Also, free faces like this tend to have a shit load of spiders tucked into those crevices. It isn't a sport for people with arachnophobia.[/QUOTE] Well he said that he lives for this, I don't think most people would engage in this because they have more things to engage in, family etc

If you're interested you should check out the stuff Alain Robert does too. This stuff makes my hands sweaty.

That is a happy man right there.

[QUOTE=Shreddinger;45162381]He said that he can't do it in a rush, he has to be calm and concentrated. [video=youtube;SR1jwwagtaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ[/video][/QUOTE] [I]"Sponsored by Viagra"[/I] That has got to be the most drawn out joke ever.

[QUOTE=booster;45166331]That is a happy man right there.[/QUOTE] Seriously, his smile at the end. I can't imagine what it must feel like to accomplish something like that.

Dear diary, today my hands were sweaty as fuck.

I just drowned in the sweat from my hands

[QUOTE=Umbra Fidelis;45168144]Dear diary, today my hands were sweaty as fuck.[/QUOTE] My hands and feet got so sweaty from watching that. Ridiculous.

I get nervous when I need to climb a long ladder, this guy is just insane. Props to him though!

One of the worlds craziest motherfuckers more like.

Is being a great free climber who can stay alive the longest or who can do the climb the fastest?

I really wonder what these guy's lifespans are. How do they know if they are not fit enough for a climb? One mistake and you are dead. I wonder how many freeclimbers like this guy end up dieing while climbing. Then again, there are probably only a handful of people like him in the world. They must have no fear of death.

[QUOTE=BenJammin';45169835]I really wonder what these guy's lifespans are. How do they know if they are not fit enough for a climb? One mistake and you are dead. I wonder how many freeclimbers like this guy end up dieing while climbing. Then again, there are probably only a handful of people like him in the world. They must have no fear of death.[/QUOTE] According to the documentary approx 50% of them are dead