Alex Honnold Rappels Into a Ravine | Running Wild With Bear Grylls 

Alex Honnold finds himself high up in the Swiss Alps, though the climber is not new to extreme heights. What are your thoughts on his adventure with Bear Grylls?

I think this is the first time Bear found somebody more fearless than himself. That was supposed to freak Honnold out and he smiled like a kid in a McDonald's ballpit.

*Intense music playing* Bear: Let's protect the rope so it doesn't sever, resulting in us plummeting to our deaths Honnold: So bouncy :)

I love how Bear Grylls is portrayed as the rope expert and Honnold just stands by and smiles

It was very sporting of Alex to pretend that this was something he thought of as being difficult.

wonder how much counter weight Bear had in his pack to balance out Hannold's Balls

Loved this. The whole episode felt like Bear huffing and puffing, trying to sell the intensity, followed by Alex strolling by calmly eating an apple and looking not the faintest bit stressed, other than the skydive in, which definitely got to him for once.

Alex: We could head up here Bear: Alex that's a 2000ft cliff...

Tonight, with only one sock to sleep in, Alex, for the first time in his life, gets cold feet.

Bear: We are about to do this scary thing involving ropes and a cliff... Alex: What is ropes?

This was a cakewalk for Alex. His heart rate probably never increased.

"This is pretty legit.." Alex was forced to say by the NATGEO execs as he casually strolled across the tight rope without being tied in, rolling his eyes, and never getting above 40 BPM the entire time. "Oh...I'm scared...or something."

this WAS NOT actually counterbalance, they had 2 knots in there..

Bear Grylls running wild with Alex Hannold is more like it.

“So bouncy” Lmfao🤣🤣. All the serious music and Bear trying to make it all scary and dramatic and it cuts to Honnold like a kid bouncing on a bed 🤣🤣🤣

Bear grylls : I'm teaching fish how to swim....

Plot Twist: Alex Honnold is actually Bear Grylls camera guy

This was just awkward, non of this is standard climbing repel procedure and Alex was definitely annoyed about "his socks for tonight" 😂

One showman and one professional . Alex kind of looks amused by this child's play. "do they pay me for this?"

1:25 lol'd at honnold's face when he explains him how to simul rappel :D

2:47 rope hanging through crabs then 2:50 2 figure of 8 on bight appears magically. Counterfeit counterbalance rappel.

I love how Grills pulls out 40m of rope from his backpack and suddenly they have 4 x 100m of rope hanging on the wires and tied them off in the middle so it's not actually a counterbalance rappel same could have been done with quater the rope length if they went one at the time just overhyped for tv

Bear grills hyping everything up and Alex is just like yep

After they cut this scene, Alex free climbed back up to get his socks 😂

_After they reached the ground._ Alex Honnold: Okay, how do we get my socks back?

I love how the music’s all dramatic and Alex is like “it’s so bouncy!”

I love how bear seems to be trying to scare alex but the only response he gets from him is, "Cool, it's super bouncy, nice"

They are not actually using mentioned counterbalanced rappel, what a shame. Just the regular figure 8 knots ( 3:00 )

Anyone else notice that when they are walking across that sketchy suspension bridge, Bear Grills is clipped in while Honnold is just casually chilling there without being hooked or anything? Absolute madlad

That rope definitely magically increased in length. The first rope they threw was maybe 30m

I like how Alex pretends to be scared to make Bear feel better about himself

Why is almost everything they say fake? It's cool enough to just do a reppel. Why not just show how they actually did it. Maybe even educate why they did it the way they really did it instead of faking. Even the sock part was fake. You can clearly see actual rope protectors on the final shot as they kick each other.

Interesting, first time see this program of "Running wild with Alex Honnold", and glad to see Bear joint it as a special guest!

*Bear tries to create a dramatic moment* Alex: “This is the most bomber rapper of my life”

Now Bear Grillz should try to free solo El Cap...LOL

At 2:40 he ties a sock onto the steel cable as rope protector. Just the sock, nothing else. At 3:07 you can see the proper rope protection on all 3 steel cables. At 3:35, just as Bear Grylls says "That's why I put the rope protection on", it's a wide shot again, where you can see the proper rope protectors. At 3:36, on the next shot it's only the sock again.

I didn’t think I would ever see a guest more intense than Bear freaking Grylls. He got so nervous and constantly asked Alex if he wanted to clip in lol

Bear: that's 300ft!! Honnold: 300 ft. that's cute

“I’ll just tie these socks here” 2 seconds later it turns into a fully padded cable with tape and twice as much rope anchored to the top. Those are some freaking magic socks.

This is so spontaneous, just like the 20 camera angles from every possible angle

That feel when they fix the lines w/ figure eights, and then act like they are doing a real simul. See the edit from 2:48 - 2:53 LOL.

Definitely seemed like Bear hesitated to say yes to the repel.. then stole Alex’s socks as revenge 😂

Alex: Are you sure? Do we have enough rope?'

That’s just nonsense.. did anyone see a knot connecting ropes. They rappelled on secured double ropes that someone will need to retrieve, the main reason for balanced simultaneous

First time we saw Bear struggle to keep up with a guest.

love how they show the viewer that socks can protect the rope and then use proper rope protection when they do it themselves at 3:34 (PLUS the close up directly after with just the sock of course)

Bear Grylls: Lying to you since 2006

I had never thought I'd live long enough to see a video with Macguyver and Spiderman together. That sock move was pure Macguyver.

When the other guy is wearing his own signature harness Iol

It was cool to see Alex stoked about doing something crazy with Bear

In my town we would say "Do you want to teach your father to make children?"

Alex: “let’s just repel from here”... Bear: “Don’t tempt me with a good time”

For Alex to walk on that rope bridge is like for me to step up on a sidewalk.

Rest in Peace for the right sock for sacrificing himself.

Intense music Bear: So dangerous Alex and all the climbers/mountaineers in the comments: funny

Alex has repelled over 1000ft on el cap hundreds of times, this was like the kiddy section for him

The number 1 outdoor show for people who have never been out of doors.

It is funny how BG uses the safety rope on the bridge, while Alex just casually walks behind him

and Bear somehow magically has 600 feet of rope in one backpack, yeah right.

If I train for several months I think I can watch this.

This is the bromance I didn't know I needed in my life!!

This was like a vacation for Alex 😂😂😂

I know next to nothing about climbing, but even I can see that one rope that doesn’t reach the bottom cannot possibly turn into two ropes, each anchored at the top at their midpoint, that all of a sudden reach the bottom. That’s some daylight savings time math right there.

Cool and interesting from both perspectives, but most of all fun. It’s not often Alex gets excited and refreshing to see him smile over a different type rope rappel. 😁🤘

Never clicked on a video so fast!I seen Alex honnold and Bear Grylls in the same sentence and I knew for a fact this video would be dope

Let’s simul-rap by setting up separate bomber fixed lines for the camera crew to clean

surprised alex didn't just say "meet you at the bottom" and be the first one there waiting for bear grylls for like 10 minutes.

Boy am I sure glad Alex committed himself to climbing and not serial killing, the dude is scarily chill all the time

first time Bear actually is told what to do during the show :D

The guy trying to add scary things to a simple thing. Alex climbs el Cap with no rope and make it look easy. Two types of men ;)

Bear: Let's do this scary thing! Normal celebrity on this show: I don't know, are you sure it's safe? . This guy: Hey what if we rappelled off of this already scary bridge we're on? Bear: ... Alrighty then.

this bear guy trying too much to impress everyone is the funniest thing i see today.

Wee-ooo wee-000, this is the climbing safety police and you’re both under arrest for not using a prusik or autoblock.

The only time Bear Grylls can be taught something!

Probably a walk in the park for Alex Honnold. That's some extreme descent though. I'd be glad if I made it across even.

1:08 this is all acting and the fact he says we’re gonna need the emergency rope, just to add a bit of suspense, when in actuality they knew they where going to do it, in the first place 😂.

two legends in one video

I’m totally confused by the point of this

That's totally me when I'm Alex Honnold, and I rappel into a ravine

Two legends.

Bear: "What we're gonna do -- counterbalanced rappel." Honnold's Face: "Simul rap with you? No thanks." *cut to ropes re-rigged fixed to be left for the crew to cleanup*

both are legends..very happy to see them..😍😍

To quote Andy Kirkpatrick ( mountaineer, author, motivational speaker and monologist. Best known as a big wall climber, having scaled Yosemite's El Capitan 30+ times, including five solo ascents, and two one day ascents, as well as climbing in Patagonia, Alaska, Antarctica and the Alps, so he knows what he's talking about): QUOTE Typical, you give Bear Grylls a break in your podcast and what does he do, only goes and promotes one of the most stupid and dangerous rappel techniques out there, one with a track record of killing people (which I also covered in another podcast). True to form, Bear being Bear, he not only bigs up this technique, complete with graphics and warning about death, but actually doesn't carry out the technique at all (the ropes were tied off), which just adds another layer of confusion and nonsense that could kill some fool daft enough to try it. The fact I doubt a counterbalance rappel has ever been used by any 'special forces' on the planet is one thing, and it got one of Alex's best friends killed late last year is another, but the demonstration/promotion of it like this is probably even worse. It's all great fun until someone kills themselves emulating a hero (Alex if you're a climber or Bear if you're an idiot). Yes 'it's just TV', but I really feel this is overstepping the mark, and the safety team should hang their heads in shame, especially as many of them are mountain guides (I guess $$$$$ always trumps good judgement). UNQUOTE Grylls I can understand, but why Alex Honnold would lend his name to something like this, I have no idea!

WOoooooooow two fearless men are together..

The two legends

Wasn't a counterbalance rappel but still pretty cool..Given the circumstances I would've tied off too

Gotta love how Alex is always so calm

Bear trying to teach Alex about rappelling... LOL Nice video.

I was waiting for them to meet the first knot to pass but wait! They both remembered they each had two 100m ropes so they didn't have to knot them! Amazing...

Shows the same clip of them walking across the bridge 69 times until they actually drop down

Bear did all this to get Alex's socks, what a cheeky fellow!

Alex is most coolest person in the world

If you say "let's do it from here" and Alex Honnold says "are you sure", think again

Great episode! Two pros combining their amazing skills. Now, 'Free Solo' becomes a must see movie for me!

Alex digging deep to express some kind of emotions from this walk in the park

Honnold reminds me of Pete Davidson's "Chad" character on SNL...would be funny to do a parody with Honnold in outrageous survival scenarios but with an unbelievable amount of poise and nonchalance

So stupid, they could have done that with a single line if they really wanted to save rope, and that wasnt a simule rappel. they are so overdramatic.

That must have been a most painfully long afternoon for one of them . And some goofball stole his socks.

Alex is a pro and is fearless. Precise, and not willing to die, but fearless. Grylls is a chump.

Alex honnold for him tis a piece of cake