Alex Honnold
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2,584 appearances
6 recordings
5 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 14 Aug
Alex Honnold’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You compose yourself.
You kind of pull it back together.
I mean, with climbing specifically, there's a high degree of rationalism that goes into it, just trying to evaluate, am I actually in danger?
Is it appropriate to be scared right now?
Should I be scared or not?
things like that.
I mean, I don't know if that applies to all sports, but the thing with climbing is that you often are actually in danger.
And so there are times when, when you should back down, you should bail, you know, the weather is turning and like you are actually in a bad situation.
And so you should act on your fear.
And then there are other times where your fear is unfounded and you should ignore it and you should just, you know, achieve or whatever.
I think that's interesting because I feel like for most sports, you're helping people sort of unlock, like just always try your absolute hardest.
And then there are a few sports where you definitely don't want to try your hardest sometimes because you will die or you will be grievously injured.
The thing is that climbing is always scary at some level.
You know, it's like you could always get hurt.
And so untangling when that fear is well-founded and when it's actually helping you stay safe is one of the key lessons, I think, from climbing.
Well, I think the rational mind comes into play to some extent where you're sort of like, well, am I actually in danger?
Have I practiced this?
Am I prepared for this?
Is the weather or conditions stable?
Is the medium, is the rock quality high enough?
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