Alex Honnold

Like I've paid the money to go to the observation deck and see the view and it's so cool.

And I'm kind of like if someone's willing to pay me to climb up to the observation deck, that's freaking cool.

Yeah.

I know.

Of course they don't see it as that.

And that's totally understandable.

I get that.

But I see it as like anybody going into the boxing ring, particularly if they're...

very mismatched you know like you would think that there is some real chance of grievous injury or like death you know it's like it's insane and so i think that people over the thing is i think people that don't know anything about anything like don't know anything about climbing look at me climbing a building they're like it's 50 50 if he lives or dies like no idea and you're like no if you put this in the context of all the things that i've gotten in my life

I felt very confident that I wouldn't fall off the building.

You know, I was like, you know, obviously it's never 100% because, like, whatever, it's life.

But, you know, it feels like 100%.

You're like, oh, there's no chance I'm falling off this building.

Throughout my whole, like, you know, quote-unquote career as a climber, I basically have never worried about money.

And I've always just tried to do the thing and let it all play out at the end.

And so I've done a ton of work for free over the years.

Like actually we were talking about that Half Dome film earlier where it's like I'm shuffling along.

It's like I did that film for free.

I did tons of films like that for free just because you're kind of like, oh, it's part of being a professional climber.

And I get to go climbing and I'm up with my friends filming on a thing.