Alex Honnold Replies to Fans on the Internet | Actually Me | GQ 

He will live I think

If he ever died you'd see it on the news

He just got married this week

He has the eyes of a psychopath. Not trying to be mean but eyes of psychopaths have similarities in there eyes 👀 and his look similar. With lack of emotions, but he seems like a nice guy 👍

@D C 👈 This is a smart man, Listen to his wisdom! 👁👀

hes super interesting.... can never get enough of his videos

More like 60 times.

Just like the comment section

Same.

I feel that, too. If I were him, I'd probably feel the same. :)

I think he doesn’t mind actually. He gives transparent in depth answers. Usually when people wanna be left alone they answer differently It’s crazy how much people put their own feelings and project it on people they want to be able to identify with. Just because you are an introvert doesn’t mean he is

He seemed like he had a good time

Im sure he's set up with a booking agent of some kind that gets Alex paid for appearances to talk shows and interviews like this. Alex doesn't seem like the type to set up something like this for no reason. He has to make money someway.

I met Alex a few weeks ago in a local climbing gym. No one was talking to him because they were starstruck. I have no shame so immediately went and said hi. It was very much a feeling of "please leave me alone I just want to climb and not talk to people". I, of course, totally get that and left him alone, but I feel like I see a bit of that in every one of his interviews and such these days, especially so in his live talk in Gothenburg, Sweden: Into The Unknown. Nobel Week Dialogue 2019

He's a saint.

He really is a supernatural entity. He can cut right in front of me at the pearly gates.

Anything is possible! So inspirational!

Paul Hutton bro he’s an a hole in his documentary to his girlfriend lol

Leois12 understandably though. He made it very clear he has goals he wants to accomplish and that he wasn’t going to let anything/anybody get in his way of that, her being included.

They twinkle!

and smile!

He has a thousand yard stare

Labradors don't climb El Cap though ...

@@BlastinRope - Yeah exactly. He is not all here ...

I don't know, I'm amazingly humble too.

John Gilmore then that’s a good thing!

Nathan Huang you didn’t understand the joke

Gary P thsnks

You can see it in his eyes. innocence.

I was just thinking, “It’s so odd to see someone whose hands are muscular.”

Imagine if he was a OBGYN 😂 rip all females

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

I don't even wanna think about part A of that scenario, so part B is moot.

@@g33koftrades I've been a mechanic for over 40 years & climb & play guitar, so I think it's totally normal.

Irving Velasquez Keanu Reeves

The guy who was going to break up with his girlfriend because she accidentally let him fall off a wall? Yes, no ego.

@@Quincycle ? ???

@@Quincycle that’s a completely legitimate reason to break up with someone.

@@Quincycle they got married last year

Joshua Bundra I would love to see him on Hot Ones with Sean Evans. He’s very good at asking unique questions that are so good that they throw the guests off quite often

bearcatfan1000 That would be interesting.

bearcatfan1000 honnold is vegetarian though

Ayushi Nayak They do vegan wings for non meat eaters

Even though he is (we're not sure), he won't express it like Joaquin Phoenix :)

i love how humble alex was about tommy cladwell.

I legitimately burst out laughing 😂 it was so wholesome and sweet!!

Vacant...

He's smoking hot and adorable.

Who got its kidneys?

Or a serial killer

They are good friends and have done many famous climbs as partners before (such as Patagonia)

The truth, to me, is that they are totally different achievements.

Davy Ker ofc

I don't even think he is being humble. I think he is just being logical, all the time. He's not an emotional person, he kind of is just a hyper rational guy.

Like the previous commenter, i believe alex is just speaking honestly, the route tommy climbed is objectively harder than the one alex free soloed, and if it was easier i believe he would have said so

Same! I see Alex, I click.

Same !!!

Why? Cuz he's not up himself.

Because you are Honnoldsexual

He is my son's hero ... and I'm glad he picked him!

Argreed

Rob Hartsock this is the thing that makes me not like Alex Honnold. As a climber I really hate the message that he puts out that free soloing is a normal thing and that he encourages people to push past his accomplishments and solo things harder than the line on el cap. So much of climbing is focused on safety and the sport can be such a beautiful thing, but I feel like with all the publicity Alex Honnold and free solo have gotten that it paints a false narritivw of climbing as this extreme dangerous sport when in reality it can be very safe. I would encourage your son, if he is interested in climbing or maybe getting into the sport, to check out some other climbers who I think represent the climbing community better than Alex Honnold. These include Alex Megos, Adam Ondra, Tommy Caldwell, Chris Sharma, or any of the US Olympic climbers. I wish that people could see these peoples accomplishments instead of praising Alex Honnold for something that is incredibly dumb. People shouldn’t be idolized for risking their lives for no reason.

Jacob Rollins No amount of admiration for Alex’s soloing will overcome the fear of soloing on your own. 99.999% of all climbers wouldn’t climb 10ft off the ground without safety equipment. Furthermore, he doesn’t put this message out at all .. he’s extremely clear about the dedication, preparation, anxiety and insanity required, and has never once alluded to it being easy/normal. As a climber you KNOW soloing isn’t normal .. and anyone that thinks it is normal is obviously not a climber so it doesn’t matter. The second someone gets into climbing it becomes abundantly clear how asinine and simply inimitable his accomplishments are. Do your non-climbing friends ask you all the time why you don’t free-solo? Cause you’re hating hard bud 😂

Gerard Magnarelli I didn’t mean to sound hateful and I’m sorry if that’s the way I came off. I admire Honnold a ton and he’s definitely a great person and athlete. My problem lies more with his movie than Honnold himself. I don’t think Honnold is the one normalizing soloing but rather the fact that Nat Geo produced Free Solo and that it recently won an Oscar that give soloing a certain sense of legitimacy to an outside perspective. I agree that anyone who seriously gets into climbing will soon realize that soloing takes a different level of skill and mastery, but I still think that it is important for non climbers to understand the sport even if they don’t affect it. If you ask any non climber to name a famous rock climber, chances are they’ll bring up Alex Honnold. That’s really my problem, that people associate the entire sport of climbing with a very niche practice that I don’t think accurately represents it. Again, sorry if sounded rude I just kind of get annoyed by this topic.😊

True, he is measured in everything he says - nothing exaggerated, nothing under-estimated. At the same time, his brain transfers thought into speech with lightning rapidity . . .

Because he takes EVERYTHING literally.

Once he gets bored solo climbing the old fashion way he will solo climb backwards.

@@robertcuratolo5339 he will crab walk El Cap. *Second Oscar coming*

This made me laugh so hard.

self-lubing handjob

Not enough chalk

@@coleslaw3422 come again bruh

Asher Doty ur response reminded me of this 😂😂😂: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ShQaJvhjkw0.html

I just realized my hands are sweating

Debra Waterhouse you should try climbing! I know someone who got into the sport at 65. It’s super fun to watch them climb cause they remind me its important to have fun grades aren’t everything

@@alexvalladares1070 Dont I wish, sadly age has taken me over. Multiple health issues. I also have no upper body strength but I never did really even when I was younger. I admire Alex's mother greatly. She is a true inspiration. Had I known abt rock climbing 20 yrs ago, maybe I would have gotten into it. Sadly there are no rock climbing gyms around here. Which is too bad for our young people here.

Debra Waterhouse you should look up Adam Ondra. Easily the best sport climber on earth. I think Alex Honnold mention him in an interview, I really want a climbing film with the two of them.

You're probably around 64 now, but I seriously hope you one day get to try it, even if it's a little rock climbing you deserve it!

Or "I mean, whatever"

🙌🏻🙌🏻

As someone who free solos (though nothing more than a fraction of a fraction of the height of el cap), i felt the same way, free soloing is such an internal and mental thing, i cant imagine asking that question online and expecting a helpful answer back when i first started, its a hugely personal endeavor.. i almost wonder if the person who asked that just thought "wow that looks cool, i wanna do that, how do i do that" after seeing honnold do it, when thats not at all how someone should get into free soloing, in my opinion.. I definitely feel like honnold hit the nail on the head when he said you should be "called" to it

He must to get the "free solo school" lessons by mail

Its always the same. I wonder what you say to the hairdresser to get this every time.

faberho in the documentary his girlfriend was cutting it for him so I assume that’s what he always does. Fitting lol

He stole my dog.

He reminds of Zuckerberg and creeps me out. But here seems much more humane than in "Free Solo" movie

Thicc digits

LeBeautiful for at least 5 years, I literally see you on a third of the videos I watch. Your almost a RU-vid legend at this point

He acts like they aren't a big deal, but I have never seen interviews of another person where I noticed how big their hands were, other than Honold. I wasn't looking for it and even I was like holy crap! That man's hands relative to his body are insane.

Yummy

@@TTMPLMKR fr hes everywhere

Agreed. He has grown into the role of being a public personality without sacrificing any of his authenticity. He still tells it like it is . . .

He is definitely much more comfortable on-camera. And yet he retains that charming matter-of-fact, zero-Effs-given attitude.

Give it time you can't already say its your passion

Johannes Grünbacher I guess you’re right. Gotta crawl before I can walk. Just overly excited ya know?

@Joshua Meyer I get your excitement! I started bouldering consistently again 2 months ago? And the enthusiasm is infectious. Allez allez!

I found rock climbing to be a lot like cycling once you get hooked it's super addicting sports, i get your excitement. Keep going!

Rudi Dwi Hartanto yeah it’s a huge money pit, but I love it. I’ve been climbing on and off for 5 years. And I used to race MTB lol

Corona:"I took that personally"

Frick I was Donna say that bruh

Gtfo

that's a weird trio there. don't think Honnold belongs with those other 2.

Chum Krimson I think he does. Ondra and Megos are both insanely strong, and would do better when it comes down to time and raw power, but all in all, I think they are the three climbing idols.

dellusional much?

KieranRogers1 Maybe he rappel’s mosquitoes

Yeah, I even looked up the word in a dictionary lol

i cringed

spelled*

@@woah.one89 Actually wrong. You're very obviously American as that spelling is correct there, but I have to inform you that more countries exist than America. Especially countries that invented the language you use.

THANK YOU! 98% sure it's the video editor's misspelling...

@@steph_ann_e it is. The people in the videos don't actually type the text.

greekatso agreed!

Alex Honnold isn't the greatest climber by a long shot.

@@chumkrimson8161 he might not be the greatest, but he has the greatest achievement, imo