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Alex Honnold

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2161 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

I'm kind of like, well, can you say the same for the risk that you're taking?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Or, you know, I'm sort of like the average person I think doesn't think about risk as much as they should.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Is there, is it just like, you're going to freaking die either way.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

So choose the things that you care about and then do them well.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

and do them well prepare yeah execute like have a plan you know but don't just like take risk willy-nilly like don't just get drunk and go out and do a thing you know because like that's stupid like that's not the risk you should be taking you know like don't put all your money on black and just like hope you know what i mean like basically don't just like roll the dice like don't let fate just like roll the roll the dice with your life like make choices

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

I wouldn't be even a little bit surprised if you can pull that more than I can, actually.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

But, I mean, we'll both try.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Okay, this is a grip strength meter.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Okay, so let's see.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

We're at zero.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Kilograms would be extra small.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

I mean, the thing with these, like, okay, actually, let me just preface this with, like, I've had tons of people be like, well, surely you're going to break the machine.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

I'm like, no, because for climbing, you just have the strength that you need to do the things that you're trying to do.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Right now, like 165.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

165.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Which is actually basically the heaviest I've ever been.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

Maybe 163 if I'm lucky right now.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

49 or 50.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

49.9.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Greatest Climber Alive: I Shouldn't Have Attempted That Climb!

It's just like... Yeah, 49.