Alex Honnold

If I fall, am I going to hit that ledge and break both my legs, or am I going to clear the ledge and fall into free space, in which case it's totally safe?

And so it helps to be able to have a clear-eyed visualization of, you know, because most people visualize the worst case.

Like, if I fall, I'm going to die.

And you're like, well, oftentimes if you, I'm talking about with a rope, if you fall, you're going to be fine.

But it's important to know the difference.

No, because you're trying to avoid the negative out.

Like, you have to think about it because how else do you mitigate that kind of stuff?

Yeah, exactly.

I mean, this is like a whole rant about risk-taking and everything.

But like, I mean...

That's the thing is you want to be taking the risks that you want to take.

And it drives me crazy that nobody else thinks about risk in this way.

Because think of all the people that like go out partying every weekend and they get like kind of buzzed and they drive home and whatever.

And it's like they're taking all kinds of risk that they're not actually choosing to take.

You know, I mean, like they're just choosing to go out and party and have a good time.

But then they're like driving a little buzzed and they're like, no, it's fine.

But you're like, no, obviously you're taking a risk.

Or like you're putting yourself into situations where you're like in a vulnerable situation because you're incapacitated, because you're drunk or whatever.

And so, you know, you're putting yourself at higher risk for crime, things like that.

And so you're taking risks.