Alex Honnold

But the reality is that basically none of them died soloing.

Like one or two soloists have died soloing.

Though my preferred statistic is that no one has ever died doing something cutting edge.

So like no one has ever died pushing the envelope, like doing something extreme.

There have been a couple free soloists who have died free soloing easy terrain, like just out doing something casual and maybe a hold breaks or maybe something happens.

Like it's impossible to know what because they die.

Um,

But then the bulk of other people who are sort of known for free-souling have died either in parachuting accidents like wingsuiting or base jumping, or one got swept out to sea by a rogue wave.

It's kind of a freak thing.

One died in a car accident.

It's basically just ways that people die.

So all that I say, it's not clear that free-souling is the most dangerous.

No, I mean, I also would suspect that all the people that we're talking about are all just a little, they're just bigger risk takers in general.

They're just more willing to do things like drive quickly and, you know, do whatever.

Just more willing to take risk in their life.

And I suppose sooner or later, those things catch up with you or they can.

Though that said, with re-soling,

Two of the world's best free soloists from the previous generations are still alive, you know, older men just living their best lives, doing their thing.

Yeah.

Maybe not at like a super high level.