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Podcast: The School of Greatness
Episode: Alex Honnold Opens UP: The MINDSET Behind His El Cap Free Solo + His Relationship to FEAR & LOVE
Description: Alex Honnold is history’s greatest ever climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective equipment of any kind.Above about 50 feet, any fall would likely be lethal, which means that, on epic days of soloing, he might spend 12 or more hours in the Death Zone. On the hardest parts of some climbing routes, his fingers will have no more contact with the rock than most people have with the touchscreens of their phones, while his toes press down on edges as thin as sticks of gum. Just...