Alex Honnold Breaks Down Iconic Rock Climbing Scenes | GQ Sports 

I read a lot of good comments but I died laughing at this one 😂

@@2cjnt4 well you know, random thoughts man. Sometimes its good sometimes its not.

LOL

Ok but if you think about it legs are 2x stronger than arms so both your arms is one leg, so if you can’t do a pull up, but he can do a pull up with his pinky(which he can) then in a weird not true but sorta way, yeah.

This is probably the best comment ever made

Bargins Galore lmao facts

Because hes climbed them multiple times and they are iconic pieces of rock. Theres tons of people that you could show random climbs and they'd be able to name them.

I can do that but with specific parts of pornstars.

@EULICES MAGANA Not really a wooosh.

Kyle Anderson, I’m sure he knows that. Just a witty comment

I’m dying hahaha.. it’s midnight lol.

LMFAO ogre gauntlets thanks for this comment man 😂😂

lol I was like wait those are real?? all I could think of was uncle jack😂😂ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UWVVLKZ56zM.html

You don't want Alex to slap you, he'd slap your head right off, lol

True, probably the best comment on the internet, ever.

bruh i honestly thought they were swollen his hand strength is unreal

They look like those Halloween hands u can buy at the dollar store

x2

It also looks like he has no sure instinct. Hes fumbling around with his hands as if he can hardly move the fingers. Looks really bad to me, who has to use his hands a lot.

I used to get those when I climbed more there callus and I was climbing indoors 😂

🤦‍♂️😂😂

It's the way her processed the observation (unless it was edited for the delay) he's focused on his observation and 2 seconds after impact.

12:49 for anyone wondering

Imagine someone reacting to your death that way: "Oh well, that sucks, Next."

@@integral He has Aspergers​.

How does this have no replies lmao

That was a funny straight up statement.

The words of a man who's accepted how wrong what he loves to do can go, and knows it's potentially a future he could share. Sounds like he's made peace with it. But yeah the dry delivery is funny for the rest of us

123 master skywalker..

"Oh my goodness gracious"

Yeah, if you climb long enough, your hands will look like that. I've been climbing for about 8 years and they have gotten pretty beefy. Nothing like Alex's though.

Dude can literally lift his entire body weight hanging by his little finger. He's a freak.

I climb twice a week. I'm not a great climber. The things it does for my body are amazing. I had a ballet dancer look at my feet and remark on how incredible they are. I can do things with my hands which leave other people bloody. It's worth the time and effort to just climb. Started in 1986 and still going today.

yes, his fake looking huge hands is always the first thing I notice when seeing him. It's like they are attached tools which replaced his original hands.

Wish more people would be like this though, just enjoy the film for the escapism of it all

@@JedidiahRose1 This is so true. It seems that people nowadays need to sound smart in theaters "nah this isn't realistic I can't like this..."

@@tom_from_myspace Movies like this are meant to be enjoyed. it's fine to note unrealistic things when you see them but for some people it ruins the whole movie for them which i'll never understand. Just enjoy the movie!

@@Rocky-oq9cy Movies are supposed to bend realism at least a little, why would we bother watching a story about mundane, completely plausible shit unless we're watching a documentary.

@@JedidiahRose1 I used to rock climb. To be fair, his reactions mirrored most climbers I knew and myself. Things that are just turned to 11 we can appreciate it (like M:I 2), but not things like Vertical Limit that depict completely outrageous physically impossible things.

alex honnold is legend.

I think he might have had rope during that.

@Valurdalurr he never said he was free-soloing when he died, he said he was a professional free solo-er.

every move is calculated, which is why its take a long time to master something, but through strategy, patience and execution he was able to make it possible. No way he was planning on dying, if that is what you think you clearly didn't understand of what he is saying or did.

If you survive, I would say it is awesome

That scene is garbage.

@@cactusmalone Garbage

@@billferri6849 nah its fine calm down bud

@@adambassuni6084 😘

I’m convinced he never watched the movie or forgot this part and they didn’t show a fuller clip. Because they explained in the movie that the rope was too short and if you had it tied to you you would t be able to make the jump.

💯 great analysis

100%. And agreed, nurture not nature

I legit think Honnold got scratched by a cat with Toxoplasma gondii on its claws way back when he was a kid. Just lost the ability to feel fear.

To dial back the fear and the panic is the only viable strategy. You’re climbing without rope or a partner, you make a mistake and they’ll find your body at the bottom of a sheer cliff. Panic is not a strategy.

Reading your comment 1 year after posting I'd like to point you to the video he made in June 2022 with Magnus Midtbø where he coaxed Magnus into free soloing with him (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cyya23MPoAI.html). It's incredibly fascinating to see how Magnus, a highly experienced, world-class climber, struggles to overcome his fear and how Alex coaches him through the send. Alex' stream of commentary is what I imagine is happening in his own head while free soloing, coaching himself through the rough patches and scary moves. I am definitely with you in believing that the fear response can be trained - even without an amygdala functioning differently, like Alex's does.

this is by far the best comment I've ever seen on RU-vid

@@jsweetaa you are new to RU-vid?

@standeman456 You're telling a joke aren't you?

@standeman456woosh

Nice low key joke my man. Even better when people are confused LMAO.

James Rodriguez that’s what I thought

Charlie’s lawyer uncle in its always sunny

He does! 😮

Dennis Reynolds it’s a pleasure to meet you

😂😂😂

Totally agree!

Nah he’s a psychopath. He doesn’t have empathy. Seriously

Search for his ted talk

@@patinho5589 Watch Free Solo. Almost incredulous, is the words I'd use for it. And you don't have to know anything about climbing to enjoy it.

Right after reading this Alex:"this clip sucks" "its kinda hokey I dont get it"

More experts could embrace this attitude

Whoaaa there's a dragon

What are you scared he's gonna hurt someone's feelings? The point of them reacting to these videos is to give their honest feedback on how realistic it is. If its not, he's gonna point it out. "He's Such a nice guy he didn't say it sucked ☺️☺️☺️"

"Everything about this scene is horrendous"

his hands leave scars on the rocks

comment of the year...lmfao

@@johnsuttoniii162 made my day

I love your diction ❤️

you cant imagine how much i laughed on that one xD ty!

Really bad movie. Lots of good actors, but super Hollywood cookie cutter, and horrid writing.

Nothing can cause as much damage as illegally saying the n-word.

@@n-wordpolice4405 N

@@patrikbartos8236 Better not.

@@n-wordpolice4405 ig

@@n-wordpolice4405 g

mickie mouse gloves 😂

Or those soccer goalie gloves...

capcom, street fighter, wonder if his feet are huge too

and his ears are even bigger

@@homiedawgslice3416 He hangs by them

hahahaha, and sweaty feet!

I agree

mine's drenching rn...

We are weak.

May be Island of Man TT riders ( a few )

Christophe Profit in the Drus...

what about that guy that ran non stop for more than 3 days straight?

He's definitely up there lol

I saw an asian kid solve 3 rubiks cubes while jugging them in a few minutes, on youtube of course. not sure why they cant learn to drive cars tho😅

I honestly feel bad for all the handholds on El Cap, if there are any left after he crushed them into sand

Soon as the video started I thought he had prosthetic plastic flesh hands

I know.

his hands are insanely over sized!!!!

Obnoxiously large fingers

Wait, 829 thumbs up but no comments

I was thinking the same. But honnold is the goat it makes sense

Interesting

3 layers of dead skin

Everyone: He's so dead! Everybody: He's gonna die! Alex: I'm living! I'm ALIVE!

He may avoid scars but he would be dead if he wasn't beyond ripped

I bet he's the Mountain's hand double during that Obeyrn death scene

Seeckay I hope they aren't dirty ✋🏼🤚🏼

omg that was exactly what I was thinking! rofl. I'm a Monsterrr!!;D

He has gigantic hands omg

“No. You’re a dude. He’s a man.”

You know that is zlatans thing

His hands are called Chuck and Norris

No, no, no..magnesium chalk damages rocks......trust me.....

@@texantrop211 zlatan has nothing on alex

@ nice one, smart one

Gustavo Suna Lyra he is also on the autism spectrum, right?

Jpeppalax what?

@@jpeppalax9980 Only his father was, not him.

Vinicius França Oh I’d say Alex is absolutely on the spectrum or has a personality disorder that just happens to be super advantageous for him. Definitely a particular and weird guy. I’d do him, no homo.

He is the best free soloist

It does give the impression that Alex only climbs things to get a better look at nature

Yeah! YOu too can try his techniques! I'm sure you will be fine....

Max Hickman a savage

One of my favorite things about him is that he's just very honest, and not brutally, but just matter-of-factly.

Max Hickman no chill 😂

Blue Pretty sure he’s got The Spectrum

To be fair, I don't think doubles have much influence on the quality of a movie most times. Unless they do a bad job.

Nothing wrong with that - I thought it was funny also (lizards have a dark sense of humour) 😑😑 😏

@@schmoozingkaboodle5405 u oughta live with a cat. Really dark sense of humor.

Underrated comment

He probably will one day. But I don't think he would regret, and that would not change the fact that he is one of the greatests of all time either.

but actually thats the best kind of death for climbers and also bit of ironic...they die by doing what they love the most

You two should watch some more videos on the guy. That seems to be the last thing he would want.

@Stop Banningme wtf? Insider news?

@@gibbyrockerhunter nope he is alive and well

I was thinking the same thing LMAO

there are no muscles in the fingers fyi

@@hcjensen989 I bet you were the hall monitor too

@@Dominus_Maximus Yeah, how dare he ruin this nice ignorant conversation with his knowledge of facts!?

@@nerfzinet Thank You... This guy gets it LOL

Yeah he recognizes the danger and potential of death, it just doesn't scare him. He is legit not afraid of dying. He specifically said that if he dies climbing, he wouldn't care, because that's what climbers do all the time. They fall and die

Hes divergent 0.0

@@sleepingdragons57 hes not afraid because he has prepared for the moment. He's done so much preparation that any ounce of doubt is removed. He has no fear.

@@thomasw4506 Well no actually he's not afraid cause his brain is wack. But like, in a good way.

@@werm3169 That isn't what the documentary said at all.

Eoin O'Faherty did. he?

Nvm

PFFF that had me ded

@@jerenmckey1800 I mean, Alex Honnold is not able to feel fear🤷

@@maxbrandenburg9529 He just did

lollll

HA,HA,HA!!

your right, he should have said nobody except himself. stop hating on truly great people, the fact that you took time to slam this man reflects poorly on you.

@@customtattoosbyrobby2064 what are you talking about it was a joke, people get pressed about nothing. Also if you had an IQ of 2 you would realize that joke is complimenting alex for his bravery and fearlessness.

@@jaymalavia was hoping that was the case, and my iq is fine

Yeahh

Yep.

? Tommy Caldwell, Adam Ondra have done it

@@ReachSaviour123 No they haven’t, they free climbed, not free soloed, don’t correct people if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

@@ReachSaviour123 they free climbed it so had ropes.

I was thinking this! Like so innocent almost cartoon-like! It makes you think about the adaption of the human body compensating. Like if its due to intense focus for long periods of time like his hands if eyes can do the same

Katie • more than likely due to minor physical deformations autistic people have

im dead

@@andrewnguyen7905 Im sure you wish, lmfao. Keep hating

@@stanleyc2978 if you actually watched free solo or know anything about alex honnold it is hinted that he is on the autistic spectrum. he's even admitted before. do your research before you decide to say anything.

I'm a climber and I can, my climber friends say I have freakishly strong hands

HoboGrifter he said normal person not superman

@@hobogrifter humble brag

sz cs who would have known

@@hobogrifter *unzip* oh yea?

Wait seriously?

@@memyselfi9576 no. That was Star Trek 5. It came out 1989. Alex free soloed el cap 2017.

Woah.

Guys ... Star Trek is set well in the furture, so theoretically, it could be Alex's record

He said he loved the movie as a kid. Wondering if the movie didn't encourage young ALEX to free solo el cap. Maybe

I think the huge hands are a result of the climbing. They're just really muscular.

@@David-ud9ju no muscles in the fingers. His bones probably grew.

Roger Holmes A good part of it is skin too

@@A1egz lol probably a layer of callus thicker than any glove

@@monkeydude2424 there are no muscles in your fingers but there are tendons, which will grow thicker over years of hard use.

That's cause... he is one

Lmao

Almost like he is?

he's the prototype

Like a puff

Yeahh

I literally just reloaded the comments looking for a comment about that.

was lookin for this comment

His facial expressions and timing are also just so on point 😄

pretty certain he came out as being on the spectrum so he conveys his emotions a bit differently

...they do.

Don’t doubt they’ve done it in the past

I know right! WTF

Nah, they just send rock.

Big ol. Banana fingers

Aint seen you in a while

Most knowledge to... what the fuck kind of sentence is that?

@Luanne Hinc What?

That might be in Navajo lands. 🤣

I once put my hand on a really big hold in the Gunks and felt something squishy under my fingers. I instinctively jerked my hand back, which probably would have been a bad idea if it was a rattlesnake. I found a lower hold, leaned way back and peeked over the lip to find a black rat snake. I forget if the weather was cool, but for whatever reason, it didn't bite me.

(immediately shatters with the first touch)

az zahar 😂

Hahah

I'd crush it

Couldn't we all use someone to open our Pickel jars? 😁

I went to the Toronto premier for Vertical Limit. The Alpine Club of Canada had given away a bunch of passes to it, so half the theatre was full of film industry types, and half of us were serious climbers. When that scene happens, with his body thudding into the dirt, and the bird squawking, every climber in the theatre laughed, and the film industry types were so confused.

And for him to be a free hand climber and joke about that is kinda morbid lmao

I was about to type that, cos that really got to me He was about to comment on the location

@@simonsimon9880 In that particular scene you can see the body prop already hanging still on the top of the frame before they drop it on the floor. That impact would certainly do way more damage than what the scene showed. Also in this movie, in some of the scenes you can see the camera crew reflection on the actor's goggles and sunglasses.

lol his face when the guy hit the ground

He said in Lance Armstrong's podcast that he doesn't mind it but it gets a little too much.

He seriously deserves it

Well said!

He does deserve the recognition but it would be a bit much.

Sorry for asking this but what is his famous for recently?

Watch Free Solo about Alex. I have no background or real interest in rock climbing, but holy shit that movie was amazing.

Watch free solo

The original is only good because it's garbage too.

I have a fear of heights. But his matter of fact discussion makes it seem ok

@next up Actually I would like my payment in chicken wings and pork fried rice please.

I haven't seen Alex be shy in an interview in over a decade.

He actually understands what films are trying to achieve, and it isn't straight realism. He reviewed the scenes fairly within that context.

@@ktbeatty and he did a ropless climb of half dome and el capitan in yosemite

criticism is not hating on something

SamuraiBeluga It is If you say you hate the film because of this unrealistic scene. It’s fine to hate on things, but it’s still a bit dumb to hate the First Pirates of the Caribbean because Jack Sparrow shouldn’t have survived a lot of his duels.

@@solvemproblerstudios5889 i dont recall seeing anyone in these videos being so extreme, but im not saying it never happened. ultimately everyone absorbs art in different ways, you can disagree with such extreme views, but i think its also extreme of your part to imply that they might not be uncool or not nice people because of it, maybe they value realism over other things, maybe the kind of movie they enjoy better are the ones who are more grounded in reality.

There aren't actually any muscles in your fingers, he does however have thick skin and calluses on his fingers though, and the muscles in his palm and base of the thumb looks quite bulky as well.

If you watch his free solo movie its amazing to see how he relaxes in it. Even after free soloing El Cap he goes back to his van where he has a hang board set up and spends ages in there hanging by the tips of his fingers. The whole movie / documentary is incredible

DAN+ FINGERS DO HAVE MUSCLES YOU DUMB FUCK...SMALL ONES BUT YES

@@leelunk8235 I'm a muscle therapist and fingers don't have muscles just tendons that attached to the muscles in your palms and into your forearm. Maybe Google before being presumptuous and rude.

AMANDA+ I GOOGLED IT FOR YOUR STUPID ASS....HERE YOU GO, I SUGGEST YOU BRUSH ON THAT SHITTY BOOK YOU GRADUATED WITH.............There ARE muscles in the fingers. Let's call the finger the part where there's the distal, intermediate, and proximal phalanges (ie the three parts of the finger; thumb has 2). There are the extrinsic and intrinsic interossei muscles as well as the lumbricals (can't make the Star Trek sign w/o the lumbricals!!!) All these muscles have attachment points within the phalanges only (ie not connected to the bones of the hand.)

Dude, it was a total bucket fest.

Gamer2k4, I think you should free-solo.

Yes.

That was a funny comment! Thanks for the laugh!

With the free climbing he does, you have to be positive thinking. You cant be way high up and start thinking negative thoughts, you will start to panic and make mistakes. Positive all the way up and keep moving.

He actually has a largely inactive amygdala so he finds it hard to express emotion. Hes actually expressing the most because rock climbing is one of the few things that excite his brain.

@@TheArtofThings how do you know this ? source?

@@TheArtofThings okay, thanks

Agreed- I really admire Alex so much.

I wouldn't call him an adrenaline junkie, because I think he legitimately just never feels fear

*incredibly articulate and intelligent* lol calm tf down

Nice, yes. Role model?? 😂😂 He should start teaching free solo at every elementary. 😳

@@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin he is highly gifted and a certified (ex) member of Mensa

Thingers

Patrik Becomes 😭😭😭😭😭

i'm dead😂😂😂😂

Thank you...for that Andy

Nope

nope

Or spell no hold

Stop trying to get likes it’s not working

Anime の Randomness it’s not often you get to hear someone talk about something that they genuinely can’t get enough of

I wish this video was an hour long

It’s almost as if he should free solo some iconic face in Yosemite and document it.

I think that person who win in GWR also insane..

Louis R yeah I watched it and it was so good

Yeah he is a really good climber he free soloed El Capitan which is 1km/3 miles high! Pretty Epic

He's even braver than Meryl Streep

The only film that actually deserved the Oscar it received.

It should say something about b the world we live in.

Actually, at the end, he said The Eiger Sanction is most realistic but they didn't show any clips of it for some reason. Irrespective of the realistic climbing scenes, The Eiger Sanction is definitely the best movie of all those mentioned.

imagine this dude flicking your forehead with his finger skull fracture

I wonder if this guy knows how funny he is, because I don’t think he really knows 😂😂😂

Mostly because it's tastefully done, without any crazy, dramatic moves.

I can’t unsee that now😅

badass