The photographer always gets there first. ⚠️ Acrophobia Warning. ⚠️

[usonian]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well, my dear usonian . . .

Not sure what I'm seeing here. I wish we could be a bit closer!

Striking photo, nonetheless.

[usonian]

2. That's the photog taking a picture of Alex Honnold free-climbing El Capitan.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/most-dangerous-free-solo-climb-yosemite-national-park-el-capitan

No selfie for Alex.



Fantastic achievement, well documented.

[Norrrm]

3. Cameraman faster than the runners?

Some say this is fake. I don't know. Heckuva meme, though.

&t=1s

[usonian]

4. Who remembers Rosie Ruiz?

She won the Boston Marathon.



Helped that she took the subway most of the run. In fact, she qualified by taking the subway in the New York Marathon earlier.

She took the MTA!

With Charlie!

https://www.therunnerjournal.org/post/the-greatest-marathon-scandal-how-rosie-ruiz-cheated-her-way-to-victory

[HAB911]

5. Now that is crazy

[usonian]

6. Very real, and well documented.

Alex is amazing.

[HAB911]

7. I am extremely afraid of heights

that's impressive

[usonian]

8. Alex' Honnold's brain is missing neurons for fear. (acrophobia warning)

And here are the receipts. Lots of them.

Science shows Alex Honnold feels no fear
https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/science-shows-alex-honnold-feels-no-fear/news-story/57b006f2ea85b6f913c69e5915e0fbd6

The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber
Alex Honnold doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us.
https://nautil.us/the-strange-brain-of-the-worlds-greatest-solo-climber-236051/

By the way:
By J.B. MacKinnon August 3, 2016 Photography by Jimmy Chin
I've repaired gutters but never ventured up to the roof.
This is AWESOME climbing and photography.

“Fearless” climbers: how the amygdala mediates fear
We can learn from this.
https://neuwritesd.org/2022/04/14/fearless-climbers-how-the-amygdala-mediates-fear/

This guy!


And THIS guy.