Alex Honnold

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.

Maybe not pushing themselves hard, but yeah, like certainly could.

So a man named Peter Croft, he's a Canadian, but has lived in the U.S.

forever.

He was like my childhood hero growing up, and he's an incredible soloist.

Actually, there's a film with him or a scene with him in the film Free Solo.

He's kind of like a – they kind of frame him as like a mentor figure, though honestly he wasn't.

a mentor because I was too afraid to ever even talk to him because he was like such a personal hero.