Climber Alex Honnold from Free Solo on risk, the Olympics, and his fears
Olympics.com Podcast
English - August 14, 2019 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsSports paris2024 olympics olympic games olympic youth olympic games tokyo 2020 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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You have to be pretty fearless to climb up the 900m of El Capitan without any ropes. Alex Honnold from the Oscar-winning documentary ‘Free Solo’ joined the Olympic Channel Podcast to talk climbing at the Olympics, how to manage risk, and what really scares him.
“If you fall off the wall, you're going to die…
“I think that when people see a photo of El Cap (they think it’s) risky. That's not the right way to look at it. It's extremely high consequence.”
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Everything you need to know about the Climbing World Championships