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tblue37

(68,449 posts) Fri Oct 31, 2025, 09:10 AM Oct 2025

man free climbs mountain--not even a rope! (Video--just a few seconds long.)

There is also a documentary about him, but I have not seen it.

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man free climbs mountain--not even a rope! (Video--just a few seconds long.) (Original Post) tblue37 Oct 2025 OP

Great film. Won the academy award in Best Documentary category. Alex Honnold's achievement is beyond my comprehension. Borogove Nov 2025 #1

I have acrophobia, so the very idea freaks me out, but his achievement is amazing! tblue37 Nov 2025 #2

His mom climbed El Capitan at age 66, then again at age 70. But she uses a rope. tblue37 Nov 2025 #3

I watched the doc, but I was exhausted afterward. LudwigPastorius Nov 2025 #4

Borogove

(632 posts)

1. Great film. Won the academy award in Best Documentary category. Alex Honnold's achievement is beyond my comprehension.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:41 AM

Nov 2025

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

2. I have acrophobia, so the very idea freaks me out, but his achievement is amazing!

Reply to Borogove (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:33 PM

Nov 2025

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

3. His mom climbed El Capitan at age 66, then again at age 70. But she uses a rope.

Reply to Borogove (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:46 PM

Nov 2025

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LudwigPastorius

(14,994 posts)

4. I watched the doc, but I was exhausted afterward.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 02:51 AM

Nov 2025

Watching him climb put me in an extreme state of anxiety.

The guy is incredibly skilled and confident, but also insane.

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