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Alex Honnold is a professional adventure rock climber, author, and co-host, with Fitz Cahall, of the "Climbing Gold" podcast.
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Are you starting a trend? Are there other people that are following your footsteps now? Actually, what do you think? I think probably yeah You think yeah, are you honestly think that yeah I think there's probably some people that look at what you're doing and the young kids that think it must be You know, I here's what I think most people look at the path that the average person takes in life You know, I want to sell cars. I'm gonna be an insurance guy I'm gonna and they look they look at it like it's death If they look at a kid a young kid who's like enjoying playing with his friends or doing sports or playing video games or Reading comic books and then you look at what could be The average path that the average person takes in life and sitting in an office all day under fluorescent lights It looks like death. It looks like a slow Aching death, but then I look at someone like you I'm like wow, this guy is living a special life This is a special life was so ideally though somebody would look at it and see that like this is somebody living a very intentional Life or having chosen a certain path. Yeah, not necessarily free-solving I mean, I would love to inspire people to live an intentional life that they care about. Yes I don't necessarily feel like people all need to go free-solar. Right? Well, I think that's that's a very good way of describing it and very good way of putting it because I think you most certainly Have influenced people in that regard But I think also people must be influenced in in the sense that they see what you're doing is Man, there's moments that you must experience while you are climbing these incredible faces That are kind of magical when you're up there. You're a thousand feet up there. The view is fucking Spectacular and you're doing it and you get to the top of these things The the rush and the feeling of accomplishment and the euphoria and just the glory of nature from that perspective Yeah, totally look at this Whoa, you could fucking wash your clothes on the sweat. That's in my hands right now Man, that's a stat fucking pictures insane. We're looking at what is the the name of this photo Jamie? It's the Enduro corner come on cap That's actually that's the movie poster do man That is so me so that that that is not sitting in a cubicle that is not Fluorescent light with that is the end of a very long path that you have to choose and and really cultivate You know, I mean that's that's for me 23 years of sort of going in or 22 years or something of going down a very specific path