Alex Honnold is a big wall free solo climber. A documentary feature film titled "Free Solo" captures his record setting ascent of El Capitan, and it can be seen now in movie theaters all over. www.honnoldfoun...
Rohan himself is an elite One . His longevity is what matters . Pro sports people doing nessecarly know more , they too busy performing . Joe does know enough to have a discussion with pros
Travis pastrana, tony hawk, Dave mirra rip, are pretty chill...it's almost like when you defeat the odds in extreme sports, you have a calmer seminar because they see death as an option every day, and they accept just like an other event that will happen.
@@gamermusk4588 Remove fear, and you'd be surprised what most folks can accomplish. For example - Place a 2x4 on the ground, and walk across it... Then, take the 2x4 and walk across it, while it's 500' in the air. You're going to fall.
I'm that bull rider! From the Fear Factor episode back in 2002. I can believe Joe still remembers me. That episode was my fifteen minutes of fame. Joe's my hero.
Joe: Let me try to impress you with all my knowledge on nutrition supplements and cross training techniques. Alex: Yeah, I just eat vegetables and do some pushups.
I think all Joe's stuff probably makes like 1% or less difference... And man this Alex guy is likeable and humble as hell. I saw somewhere he donates 1/3 of his salary to different enviro funds.
Nicholas Strezynski Yeah, really humble. I’ve also seen that too. He started his own non-profit, focusing on giving electricity to those who don’t have any as well as keeping as minimal of an impact on the environment as possible.
Gotta say, I've been on Alpha brain for about a week now and I do feel a difference in my cognition. I'm a jazz musician so I'm always trying to create spontaneously....I'd recommend trying Alpha Brain to anyone interested to see if it works for you.
“The thing is, anybody can be happy and cosy. Nothing good happens in the world by being happy and cosy. Nobody achieves anything great because they’re happy and cosy.”
It's what makes you happy. It's not all about achievements. That's why depression is rampant. You're brainwashed if you think you need to achieve great to be happy. You do what makes you happy. That's all. You can't just force someone like "hey achieve something great, you'll be happy". What? Some people experience extreme happiness just by watching netflix. If everyone's happy, all good things will happen. Zero conflict. That's why there's war, cause some shit just can't be happy and cosy. Entitled tards.
FX indulgence leads to nothing good yes obviously any untrained mind would feel good watching Netflix dumbass but would you prefer a short burst or dopamine and long term pain or suffering in the short term and achieving to have a fulfilling life.
What are you really talking about? I always thought that niche champions have the best of both worlds. They get praise and acclaim for what they've accomplished, but they can still have a normal life without being recognized on the street everyday. Like think of Magnus Carlsen. Few people outside of chess know who he is. He can even book a hotel room at a huge convention and the staff will have no clue that he is the best in the world
Christian Reynolds, that’s not how this works. If he had no fear, he’d have died a long time ago. He has faced and mastered the fear. Fear is what has kept him alive.
Joe: 'is there a point, where you're 1,000ft up and you're in nature and shit, and you see a mountain lion fighting a bear? Jamie pull that up, shit's crazy. Have you done DMT?'
I find it really interesting juxtaposing your comment with some of the others. Maybe this is just a result of youtube algorithms sorting comments, but there seem to be many people thinking the opposite.
Andrew Andrus ~ see, while I agree he interrupts I also believe he can keep the conversation going. It’s the latter that fuels the former ~ maybe the other way around ~ who knows. So, it does get frustrating at times, like when he has important guests who are making a solid point and he cuts them off. However, sometimes you get guests that drop one word sentences and he pulls them along.
Joe's pretty good at keeping a conversation going. It's his lack of knowledge on basic scientific and historic facts, his lack of specific research on his interviewees, and his willingness to launder bad ideas without really challenging them that are infuriating. His wide eyed wonder plays well regarding a technical endeavor he knows nothing about like climbing, but not so much when it comes to the stupid conspiracy theories and right wing nonsense he offers little counter to, if not outright agreeing with it.
VigEuth I don’t have a problem with that at all. In fact, I feel like Joe at times because some of those things seem plausible. Of course, I don’t know what you’re speaking of but I’m guessing shit like Alex Jones.
I'm not exactly sure that Joe realized how utterly astonishing the El Cap climb really was. It's probably the greatest athletic feat (and maybe mental) in the history of humankind. It's certainly top five. Alex is a complete outlier, a singular talent. Oh, and I too would listen to a Honnold Podcast, but I just don't think Alex would be into it. He has improved his public speaking immensely, but I just don't think he is particularly interested in pursuing that road.
Elmo Blatch I love your summation of the lack of understanding Joe Rogan has regarding the person and accomplishments of Alex Honnold. And I do like Joe Rogan. I do hope Alex Honnold pursues public speaking. I would I listen to whatever he had to say. He is so authentic and completely without guile. Pure honesty.
@Elmo Blatch I'm not exactly sure that ANYONE including the uber-elite mountainers and soloist's realizes how utterly astonishing the El Cap climb and all of his other big wall solo's truly are. Alex does routes that the greatest climbers blanch at just thinking about.
Love joe and about 90% of his interviews i love but the amount of disrespect and lack of research he done before interviewing Alex is insulting like he didnt even watch the documentary
You can't have a big ego and be a successful free solo climber. You have to leave your ego on the ground, lest it get you killed. When you spend enough time free soloing, you realize you just don't need it.
Best comment ever!!! And yes Alex did have the boulder problem and how did he handle it???? Karate🥋 kicked the shit out of it. Hope you understand my comment. But no really good and witty comment 😂 classic
Nah he's a world class fister. He just shoves that shit in and anchors it like it's the endro wall. Seriously though look at his forearm its so jacked it looks like he doesn't have a wrist
Alex "I free solo and also I went to Antarctica" Honnold wtf is this guy's life. That's it. I'm gonna stop smoking weed, become a vegetarian, and start doing pull ups with my fingers. Nah but seriously he is a fearless gutsy individual. Respect.
climbed el cap free solo and talks about it as if he woke up and brushed his teeth... this man is a rare breed physically mentally and non egotistical..you know if anyone else accomplished a task even half of this would boast and brag until the day they died
qp ghost qp What the fuck are you talking about? People who work out for a living are mostly meat heads and assholes with huge egos. Christian Bale once said that he hates working out and that he thinks it kills brain cells. Which might be true
It's so funny that Alex who has actually accomplished a magnificant feet of athletisism does not care and know about all the muscle/cognitive enhancement shit Joe talks about.... this says a lot about hypes and that we really don't need so much to acheive greatness.
I'd suggest you check out Zach Miller, a ultra runner (100 mile races on foot) for nike! He's super chill and even more about nutrition and stuff (just eating oreos and drinking coke after running 80 miles :D) He did a podcast with ethan newberry, it's awesome!
The small muscles around your eyes squint in response to perceived threat. Alex's eyes look like an anime character because he is incapable of feeling fear.
they're the highest quality form of protein - rogan was hoping in his 'don't eat meat anymore' rhetoric that Alex wasn't going to become malnourished in 2 - 5 years and could continue as an excellent climber.
@@Runaflex they do not contain all EAA's required for adequate muscle retention. Most vegetables also do not contain all EAA's. EAA's are required in addition to BCAA's therefore vegetables and seeds are not enough.
James Allen just one way to free solo it though. Straight up the face of death. Sure you can hike it , the other way around like his camera team did but I guarantee you, eons will pass before anyone even has the balls to free solo el cap again.
Just know that you will never in your lifetime ever interview another athlete that will accomplish what this guy did. You just spoke to a dude that literally is 1 in about 10 billion.
@@natas0733 right. so you add in all the people that have ever lived and alex is still the only one. 1 in 10 billion is a safe estimate lol. learn to use to your brain.
@@AwesomeAlexAdam yeah but some people are too polite to say" sorry I dont wanna touch your sweat!" + It can be an unconfortable situation for some people.
I wonder if his affect has to do with the fact that his amygdala literally has a higher baseline then normal people (vis a vis fear, stress and shit... they studied it when they hooked his brain to electrodes and did all sorts of stuff)... and I wonder if that conversely means that regular mundane stuff which feels mundane to us folk is ULTRA MUNDANE to Alex to the point that he is sorta sleep walking through this interview and operating in this zero-state of arousal
Because you don’t even know the guy in person. You judge him off some clique quotes you hear from tv. Why do you post over 5 comments talking shit about him? Why don’t you like him?
@Christina Reynolds There are many things that contribute to a person's behavior. It's a complex combination beyond the understanding of some SJW Cat Lady.
@Christina Reynolds this is literally so annoying to keep seeing. Yes, an amygdala that doesnt fire off the same way is ONE TRAIT of a psychopath but theres a LOT more factors. So I dont know why you're pointing out something that doesnt even matter in regards to Alex other than the fact that hes learned to channel it in a constructive way.
I would ABSOLUTELY ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ a podcast by Alex. He’s well spoken, informed, and quite funny in that flat, direct delivery. I’d devour anything he shared.
Joe offered to help but Alex “doesn’t even know if he would get into that.” If Peyton Manning offers to teach me to throw a spiral I say yes and thank you. Alex is a dick.
Adam Majkowski I honestly think that Alex has never thought about having a podcast. However after Joe brought up the idea, he seemed interested in sharing his thoughts. It would be cool if he did.
I free climbed my ladder all the way up to my roof yesterday. There was a moment of doubt when a tree limb jutting out over the ladder hit me in the face but I conquered it and cleaned my gutters.
Love the fact that no matter what kind of science Joe throws at him, Alex just says never heard of it. Prove positive that simplicity in your life in every way is the real answer.
Unfortunately Alex is nowhere near one of the strongest climbers physically, a case could be made that he’s one of the strongest mentally. Tommy Caldwell and Adam Ondra are two of the strongest climbers in the world right now.
Jason Merth nowhere near? lmao lets see how strong their grips are whilst freeclimbing el cap or anything remotely close to that. you realize how strong his grip is , especially since he knows he has to mainly rely on that to not fall to his death. If you know youre safe and have your ropes to catch you, i doubt youd still be gripping as tight as this guy
@@vanivermo Adam Ondra has successfully sent the climb "silence" which has now been considered the most difficult as well as the most physically demanding climb in the world. and Tommy Caldwell climbed the dawn wall on el cap (a climb that only Tommy caldwell his partner and Adam Ondra have successfully climbed) I'm not discounting Alex's amazing achievement, but, even he doesn't consider himself to be one of the strongest climbers... ill see if I can find the interview where he said that. and climbing with or without rope does not affect your grip strength, I have no doubt in my mind that Tommy Caldwell or Adam Ondra would have any trouble with the physical side of free soloing el cap, the mental side possibly only Ondra (even though I doubt he'd ever do it as he is currently the best climber in the world to date) I suggest googling "who is the strongest climber in the world" Ondra will pop up every time.
@@vanivermo i don't think you know what you're talking about.. Alex himself says in this video Ondra is way stronger. Honnold is obviously quite strong, but there are many climbers at the same level. There's just noone that dares to free solo at that level. That's his gift. He climbs for perfection. Ondra and guys like Megos etc train and climb for pure difficulty.
@@vanivermo He's right though. Alex Honnold is nowhere near one of the strongest climbers in the world. There are probably hundreds of climbers who are stronger than him.
acoe Corey R If you have the chance to see it in IMAX, you should. I’ve seen it three times - IMAX, regular theater, and now I own it on digital video (so I’ll probably watch it more). I was sweating every time, but I appreciated the sheer scale and beauty of the film and the feat more in IMAX.
I just watched Free Solo. I can't watch action films now after that. What an amazing film. Alex is one hell of human being. The fearlessness he displays is incredibly admirable.
I love how he is trying to convince him to eat clams and oysters, but his reasoning is environmental. Oyster harvesting is one of the worst things for the environment because oysters filter the water and the way they are harvested often destroys the habitats.
most road noise comes from tyres these days. electric cars won't make much difference to road noise or the carbon footprint of a car during its lifecycle.
I mean boxing your pretty much guaranteed to have some sort of head trauma if your in it for a long time which is going to fuck with you mentally whereas if your an incredibly experienced climber and you start free soloing on shit you constantly practice on and that you can consistently do cleanly the risk for injury is probably far lower
In the film Alex talks about risk vs consequence. For experienced climbers risk is relatively low (still high when compared to most everyday activity) but the consequence is almost always death. In boxing, the risk is extremely high and the consequence is brain damage. they are both very very very reckless and require balls. I would still rather box than free solo but the danger isn't incomparable.
@@noahvsolis Brad Gobright. He was a friend and cheeky rival of Honnold. check out the short film safety third! Really sad though now that hes passed on.
Joe knows about fighting, but he knows absolutely nothing about basic nutrition. This is the arrogance thinking that being successful in one field confers expertise in another. Hearing him talk about 'neutropics' and foods containing neurotransmitters made me cringe.
Gerhard Symons He literally brings on scientific nutritionists all the time. I GUARANTEE you he knows more than most people. Plus people like you probably also think Saturated Fat causes a Cholesterol increase and blood pressure. Old teachings are getting shit on by new findings in health.
He is so dumb. He sounds stoned out of his mind the whole interview, tries to tell one of the greatest athletes about nutrition, has obviously not prepared at all just asking the stupidest questions
Andrew this guy literally admitted that he doesn’t do a lot for nutrition until very recently and doesn’t get advice from nutritionists or physiology therapists rogan was just trying to keep a conversation, and it’s not just about talking to Alex about nutrition the people watching who didn’t know now have insight
When you're a climber you basically need to accept that not many people will understand what you're talking about. Whenever i try to explain a climbing trip to my non-climber friends/family, i have to explain absolutely everything. That being said, Rogan wan't that slow and Alex was explaining everything quite well
@@jad7932 it’s an inside joke in the comments to take any quote that sounds funny (true or no) and put it in the Joe “insert something he said that’s funny” Rogan
Alex mentions his friend, Brad Gobright, as one of the only other free soloists. Brad died a month after this interview in a rappelling accident in Mexico. RIP Brad
He had the most sensible outlook on eating meat or not eating neat I have ever heard. This guy has his head screwed on right in every way. I guess you gain great perspective and calmness doing what he does.
I liked his idea of doing shorter things, like maybe 15 minute or less videos. I'm not sure he has the skill of talking for long periods of time on his own to an audience, or interviewing a guest, but if he released short videos on youtube, about whatever, people would probably be enthused to watch and hear it. But like he said, he will only do it if he feels the motivation to do it, or that it's his path. Joe Rogan telling him he should do a podcast isn't going to motivate him, he would need to feel it on his own, know he wants to do it, and know what he wants to do. And what more does he have to say when we can already listen to his interviews and watch him climbing mountains? Anything he might say would possibly be overshadowed by the great footage that's already out there; the greatness that he's already accomplished might make talking into a mic seem mundane and minuscule in comparison. But who knows? There's still plenty of potential endeavors left for him, he's only 33 yrs old. As long as he doesn't die, he can do pretty much whatever he wants.
Aside from his climb of the captain, which is the bravest thing a human has ever done, Alex is a lovely, caring, intelligent, witty, human being, but a cut above the rest 😊
Hard to believe I live in a world where one man has run a marathon in under 2 hours, another has deadlifted 500kg, and another has climbed El Capitan without a rope! God speed Eliud, Eddie and Alex...Kipchoge, Hall and Honnold are heroes!!!
Hmmm... and his talk, like he mumbles, actually speed talks, but really sharply. He seems like he is person on a higher state of mind, like he evolved into superhuman... So I met couple of people with same kinds of eyes and talk, and state of mind. They are like a same person in terms of perception of life, self awareness, mindfulness and stuff, but also they are wierdly selfish, more like egocentric.... they are absolutely lovable but don't seek for that love... wierd people... hmmm
@@saramirko9364 yeah actually this is the kind of people that I admire a lot, just the fact that they have the ability and courage to go for what they believe to be the meaning of life, to see through the truth, put other’s beliefs and expectations of them aside, consume all of their time and energy in their own goal. And for sure sometimes they appear to be selfish, like in the documentary the thing between Alex and his girlfriend. You already know that people, relationship, things like that is NOT his priority, so it’s your decision whether you choose to deal with him or not.
@@ppjeje929 in the end of the movie he said he’s most likely won’t be achieving the next big thing in the free solo world. Or maybe he would, in layman’s terms.
So much respect for Honnold, he keeps it so real! But Joe needs to get his biochemistry straight- Epinephrine and Norepinephrine aren't made in the brain they're made in the Adrenal Medulla. Beta blockers don't block their synthesis or release, it blocks their ability to bind beta-adrenergic receptors such as B-1's in the heart which typically react to stimulation from the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight). Hollah if you need consulting for your company bro I got you 😎
I'm glad you use that word - humble. People constantly throw that word around like you see that shit every day. This is example of being humble. And you know where it's coming from? You can't fake climbing a rock without a safety net. This is what keeping it real looks and sounds like. He transcends the need of being recognized and praised. Being humble is transcending trait of human existence, you can't see that in the context of everyday regular life. It has to be something special. People mix being humble with everything and anything.
Joe: “you should totally make a podcast” Alex: “ill think about it” Joe: “dude, like, you should TOTALLY do it” Alex: “yeah.. ill think about it” Joe: “EVERYONE would listen to it, YOU REALLY should make it” Alex: “..as i said, ill thi..” Joe: “MAKE A PODCAST”
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