"Fear and Excitement are such similar emotions, if you can trick your brain into feeling Fear as Excitement, you will never be afraid of anything" Alex Honnold
Exactly what I did when I went skydiving. The day of my jump, I woke up with excitement and hype . I was blasting music while I went to pick up my friend . We kept that energy of “I’m ready, letssss goooooo!!” . So since I kept that excitement turned on , there was no room for fear to creep into me . When I we began flying up, and they opened the door, it got soooo loud and it intimidated me so I had to reintroduce the hyper energy to myself by screaming “Letsssss gooooo!!” Similar to a football game locker room before a championship ! And that gave me the courage to jump with complete excitement and confidence
@@2sickjay yeah. It's so true too. If you can think ba k to a time when you've felt both. They are exactly the same initial feeling. The shock of excitement and the shock of fear are identical.
I remember watching his documentary and a lot of people he knew have died doing what he's doing and he's one mistake away from dying everytime hes on these mountains with no safety ropes. Definitely someone here for a good time not a long time!
Credit to Joe for actually letting Alex talk and be himself, I’ve seen far too many interviews with him where the interviewer makes it all about them and clearly have no interest in Alex or his incredible feats ..He’s a legend
Thats true most of the interviewers i Saw just invented him to have a sensatiin on thier show with out having any clue of what he does or beeing interested in it
One of the baddest guys on the planet! I have an infinite amount of respect for him. I'm not particularly religious, but I'm praying for his safety in his future climbs.
Joe is so good at letting interviews go "Long Form". It's such a breath of fresh air to see guests be allowed to speak and direct the conversation/story.
@@thezeek2745 he really doesn't tho... I haven't seen one example of Joe intentional interrupting someone. It's always out of innocent excitement or just trying to maintain a conversation. In my experience its only woke left-wingers who accuse him of this
@Forrest Mcgee Well if you're going to look at it like that he is actually a Sacramentan legend because he's from Sacramento. He is considered a legend world wide so why not call him that? it sounds more impressive than just American legend.
I really love that he said that, 8 minutes in Alex just said, "it's just a cool part of earth".. its something really cool to step back and be able to look at the thousands of years that have past and be able to pick up and appreciate a few of the small little things that have changed or stood out.
This guy is incredibly well spoken and intelligent. I wouldn't imagine that he would be given he camps out in the wild and climbs most of his time. He's very interesting
Because of what I said 2 years ago. He doesn’t spend his time being social and prefers to be climbing fucking mountains and living away from civilization. Very easy to comprehend where I was coming from.
It’s crazy that I went to the same high school as him. Graduated in 2014 from Mira Loma and I remember some of the teacher talking about him climbing. It’s so cool to see him on Rogan!
And I’m Venezuelan and you can imagine how I felt wen I saw the Auyan Tepui with a Guyana title, it only exist in Venezuela, it’s not part of Brazil nor Guyana. But I guess no everybody knows that lol.
@@mariamartins367 hancock is a quack He was slaughtered in the debate they did years ago and he can’t come on again haha He kept screaming “ Not my Problem”
Just watched this film the other night. I’ve been fascinated with the Tepui of Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and even some of their smaller cousins in Colombia for a really long time. Just a completely unique and beautiful part of the planet. Seen tons of photos, watched as many documentaries as I could find over the years. This film did not disappoint in the slightest (although I would have loved it were longer). The footage is perhaps the most beautiful I’ve ever seen caught on film. I think they brought an expert drone videographer with them specifically for getting the shots they did. Utterly superlative. It really sucks that it’s only on Disney +, but if you have the means, do yourself a favor and watch. It’s as beautiful as it gets.
I went to angels falls as a child in Venezuela and if I can say it’s a different world in the world might sound odd but it’s the only way I could explain it I wish my country gets better so I can visit one more time!!!!
@@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286 the documentary he is referring to with the frogs is a Nat Geo documentary called “The Last Tepui” it’s a beautiful documentary that includes Alex Honnold in it. But it is primarily about this amazing biologist in the latter years of his life and research as he is being assisted by Alex and some of the crew from “Free Solo”, in order to complete one last trip to the Tepui’s before he passes. I found it deeply powerful.
@@IamDogethis interview is in reference to Nat Geo’s “The Last Tepui”. I left a mini description on a comment in this thread. I think it’s a must watch.
Does he actualy believ it? Alex explained well how this stone was formed. I mean, it literaly had millions years or even one billion year of time to be formed by wind and rain. Alex does not seem like the guy that would be invited to such a talk show btw He is this nature loving guy that likes to live a bit isolated, enjoying his life and freedom
I've been on the river in that area but not to the mountains.....I have been in the Rupununni .....it is where savannah and jungle meet. Did jungle survival there with an SAS guy and the Makushi Indians.....I love that place.
I just watched The Alpinist last night. This guy was in it. But it was about a guy named LeClerc. It made me nauseous just watching what these guys do. It’s incredible. They are all a different breed. They live incredible lives . Stay safe and good luck. It’s not for me but in a way I admire what you guys do. They live more in one day than most men live in a lifetime.
I’m pretty sure Alex got to climb the tepuy called Kukenán, which is just north of Roraima. It’s one of the most dangerous tepuys to climb since the route is not as defined as Roraima’s, concluding on a lot of casualties during climbing trips on it. On another note, the frogs he probably got to study are very tiny ones which are totally black. You get to see them once you’re on the summit of Roraima. They’re incredibly beautiful! Happy Venezuelan that got to meet such a mind blowing wonder. Proud of my country.
@@SteveTheCanadian he is a free solo climber so he doesn’t use rope. Hence why I consider his free solo of el cap to be one of the greatest sports achievement of all time. The mental part of 4h or something constantly facing death is just beyond me.
Are they? I’ll have to look that up. Maybe they’re in the process of changing sex to even things out more. I think I’ve heard of frogs doing that. I know that some fish do it. That’s just wild. Pun intended.
It's not really gay, it is making them change sex's.... But it is pharmaceuticals in the water. Alex Jones was 100% right and was just quoting an article he read.
About time Joe got Alex on the podcast! I love when they get outdoors sports people on here. They always have the craziest stories. I wish Joe would bring on long distance hikers too. Those dudes go pretty hard.
You have to ascend to the Roraima Tepuy (the place they go in the Disney movie called UP) through Venezuela and you can find the triple frontier he talks about on top. I was there and it's basically a small obelisc. Alex posted the pics and you can clearly see the Kukenan tepuy from where he is at so he was on the Venezuelan side. Also, some of the black frogs on the top are really cool because they don't jump. One of the most popular plants that eat insects is called Heliamphoras in case you want to check them out they are pretty cool too. The Angel's fall (Kerepakupai Merú) is the tallest fall in the world and its also located in Venezuela
Bravo just facts. Makes you wonder how does he never mention it about the fact that he was all the time in Venezuela but talks about Guyana and the title of the vid...
@@adelishernandez1525 not really sure, maybe they landed in Guyana and made their way by helicopter? It's fairly common for people who don't want to walk the 2 days from Tek River to the top. as there are no Venezuelan international airports close by. regardless I know they used Pemón and Akawaio people as porters because the Venezuelan law dictates you can't get into the Canaima national park without permission or guidance of at least 2 indigenous guides and word spreads fast here XD at least in trekking and backpacking groups like mine. We were also visited by Drew Binsky last month but he mostly visited the Caribbean coasts. Anyways you can go to Google maps and see Roraima tepuy and the angels fall and all the other awesome tepuyes near by because the images they show are juts a few of some unreal rock formations XD
@@haxyquinn I was curious how they were able to enter Venezuela but he kept saying Guyana. I figured maybe that particular formation was on Guyana side as I know Angel Falls is in Venezuela. When I found out about that formation I've always been wanting to go, but with the way Venezuela is now, it seems like a bit of a risk to try and get there. Does that mean it's actually fine to go there from the Guyana side as long as you're with the indigenous guides since it's a national park? Is it a national park solely administered by a single country (Venezuela, I guess?), or is it a national park where 2 or 3 different countries share the administration? That area looks absolutely unreal. I doubt I'd ever summit one of those Tepuy, but just seeing it would be enough.
@@ryanshannon7703 Hi! yes it is sort of a risk because of our current situation but usually the further you are from the capital the safer it gets. Still we have quite a few tourists. Getting into the country is usually not a problem getting out might be XD Drew talked about the visa and his experience when he was here on February ru-vid.comvideos . If you are on the border is very easy to cross to be honest many natives groups go from country to country because their territory is literally on the border. The national park where Angles's falls is, is only administrated by Venezuela. If you want to know how many days and how the trips this Mexican guy came on March ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pPc5xvhchqU.html&ab_channel=AlexTienda if you any questions my Ig is por.amelia I have a few pictures of different destinations here (not many) but I can put you in contact with international traveling agencies that are currently here in case you want to come someday :)
I’m part Guyanese and every year I think about visiting my fathers home country....maybe 2022. In the meantime I’m attempting my first Himalayan summit - Island Peak at 20, 000 ft. October here we come ⏰🙏
What’s remarkable about that peak is that it’s so much shorter than the rest of the mountains there. You literally start with the repel before you begin climbing.
@@rangv733 No their are like 3 different guyana's in south america the one he is talking about which I am currently at right now is inhabited by mostly east indian decent s and African decent s it's a really weird country because it's basically the only place in south america where they're indians and africans but they speak english and also the Amarindians
The tepuis are incredible. I summited and camped for a few days on top of Mt Roraima many years ago while traveling in Venezuela. Spectacular and surreal place, almost feels like you’re on another planet.
Alex can hold my attention just with the enthusiasm he has for the stuff he talks about , I just hope he doesn’t go early on some solo climb ,most people that push the limits do , that’s probably why i find him so interesting, his complete casual attitude to things that terrify me just watching it through the tv never mind actually doing it , I really hope he’s the exception to the rule, but then on the other hand I’m giving an opinion on RU-vid and Alex is sat on a pod cast talking about another adventure 🤔
3:15 thats how you be a good interviewer right there , you see your guest get excited to talk about something and you postively confirm you wanna hear them expand on it!
I admire Alex so much , it must take a certain level of focus and control to do what he does , im afraid of heights , I love watching mountain climbers , but I couldn’t do it personally !
Overhanging climbing on solid quartzite with positive horizontal handholds...sounds like the Gunks (but way taller and in the middle of the jungle). I'm picturing several Trapps stacked on top of each other, in South America. Awesome
I discovered Alex Honnold a couple of weeks ago so I watched "Free Solo." Like everyone else, I was stupefied. I couldn't stop getting him out of mind I hoped that he was still alive. I know, call me morbid, but free climbing seems like a glass half empty. It was great to find out that Alex is married to Sandi McCandless and living in Vegas too. I wonder if they still have that cheap refrigerator in their kitchen. That was funny. Then I found this video here. Not only is Alex Honnold a brilliant climber and a naturalist but I was also surprised by how brilliant he is. It's amazing that he spent 10 hours a day in a hammock up in the clouds reading books about Guyana. Alex is very articulate and curious about the world around him. People are just amazing. You've got Elon Musk on one hand and Alex Honnold on the other. Both men are so different from each other and yet both are from the same species? We are blessed.
Alex identifies himself as autistic. Most likely Asperger. Ignorant people think he is awkward, weird or just crazy. But he just happens to be a very brilliant and determined person with a narrowed center of interests and this amazing ability to catch up on the theory and the knowledge very fast (comparing to the average man). All this coupled with the discipline needed to master the physical part of his interests. There are very few autistic athletes at this level. You'll most likely find aspergers in science and academia. One of them is the GOAT football player Leo Messi who also has many characteristics of an autistic person.
@@MFKaradayiEnglish Thank you for your reply. I did not know any of this about Alex. How do you describe someone who free solos El Capitan? Whenever I think about Alex's feat I can't feel the edge of my skin. I too would describe Alex as crazy but, like everyone else that was there on that day, crazy is defined as equal parts brilliance, terror, and awe. Asperger's helps to explain Alex's uniqueness but it fails to convey his angelic touch to the natural world around him.
He is a mirror to our fears that he has on the lowest possible frequency. I used to free climb, ropes, couple of times on very easy spots without, but the level of calm and presence this guy have is watching the scariest wall straight in its eyes and bargaining the deal
Joe wouldnt stop competing to be the funny guy and the cooler guy it was shameful. he kept trying to teach Alex stuff that he clearly didnt have any business talking about and he wouldnt give Alex his credit due. Odd and bizarre ego failure on Joes part ...not shocked though
Something about Alex.. he has this characteristic about him, it's like he doesn't have excess noise in his head. You see it in a lot of high achievers. Hard to pinpoint, but almost what an absence of fear and doubt would look like, or the presence of pure belief. Bit like seeing someone on a drug but not quite. Makes u wonder how he really sees the world and how different it probably is to you.
I feel like its just something you see in people who are experts in their craft. hes just got an extreme level of confidence which plenty of other people have just not when they are putting their life at risk
i don't understand the national pride, all of south america is composed of artificial countries, its just the way it was carved up by the colonialists same goes for africa they're not natural counties
I could probably listen to Alex talk about nature and geology and wildlife all day long. Having some wine and a blunt at the same time would be nice, too.
Joe! The picture isn't he thumbnail is from "Salto el Angel" in Venezuela not Guyana, that's why you are seeing so much Venezuelan flags and people commenting about it, we are really proud of it and you are giving all the credit to Guyana here hahaha
Alex did mentioned they climbed a different mountain from the one in the picture, pay attention. "This expedition is the first expedition to attempt to look at the walls of tepuis to see whether there are unique flora and fauna growing on those walls," says Dr. Means in the film. "Hopefully, by assessing the species richness of the particular area, [my findings] may compel government leaders and the people of Guyana to want to conserve this fabulous, beautiful place."
