Alex Honnold

Because he's like a 48-year-old professor who's shredded.

And some kid in the pool was like, can I touch those?

Is that real?

I've never seen a thing like that.

Yeah, that's a very common thing for adults.

I mean, especially men, especially somebody like you who's already fit.

And so you try to bring the tool you already have to it, and you're like, no, you've got to drive with your legs, go technique, mobility.

I like to say that anybody that tries climbing should think of it as climbing a really, really steep staircase where it's like you're still walking up the stairs and you're using the handrail for balance, but you're not pulling yourself up the handrail.

And most of climbing is basically a steep staircase.

You know, I mean, especially outdoors and in climbing gyms is a little bit different because the wall is actually vertical.

But outdoors, the wall is almost always a little bit less than vertical.

So it's like basically you're on a very, very steep and technical staircase.

And then you're using the handrail like the handholds to keep you balanced on the wall.

But your legs should always be driving you.

No, but just do it after the permits.

You know the cables stay up all year.

So when it's out of season, they take the uprights down, but the cables just sit there, and you can do it any time.

It's actually way better to do it post, like after the season because there's no permitting, there are no people, and it's like super chill.

Yeah, just do it off season.

But you're strong enough to just glance them off, you know, just like shrug them aside.