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Alex Honnold on 60 minutes

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iLLbiLLy
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Probably the most exposure climbing has ever gotten on tv. If you don't already know Alex Honnold then you need to watch.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7383158n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox
Oct 2 2011 8:00PM
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iLLbiLLy
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Oct 2 2011 8:01PM
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malonius_funk
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my dad just texted me right before this telling me to watch it. he said he could barely watch at times because some of the shots were so gnarly. i'm gonna take a look
Oct 2 2011 8:04PM
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LevelFour
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shits fucking crazy, this guys guy has balls but will probably be dead soon

Oct 2 2011 8:08PM
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teleak
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Fuck that guy.
Fuck how they captured that story.
Fuck free soloing.
Fuck that.
Oct 2 2011 8:19PM
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michelle
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I'm excited to watch this later, thanks for posting. Honnold is a beast.
Oct 2 2011 8:20PM
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1337
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shit was crazy!
Oct 2 2011 8:24PM
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iLLbiLLy
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if you ever get a chance watch, First Ascent: Alone on the Wall.
Oct 2 2011 8:42PM
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hey-dude-its-me
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my hands are soaked with sweat
Oct 2 2011 8:51PM
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Shlogan
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just wacthed it live on 60 minutes. pretty stoked on it, saw alone on the wall in the telluride film fest last year so i knew what he was about. good stuff, thought it was funny the difficulties he has with women
Oct 2 2011 8:54PM
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Cufe.
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Less than 1% solo? I dont think they have very accurate statistics, I dont know any climbers who dont so at least some solo routes. But that was an insane route anyway; definitely some of the best climbing i have seen.
Oct 2 2011 9:01PM
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iFlip
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I have been looking forward to this since the day they filmed it. I was very impressed by how well they portrayed everything. Honnold is the real deal. No ego, cool demeaner, just an all around good dude. Last week in Yosemite he free-soloed a 13b and flash-soloed a 12d. No one comes close to touching what he is doing. Rearden, Osman, and Bachar were amazing, but never quite at Honnold's level. He has sworn he will never solo Freerider, and I truly hope he doesn't, but that is quite obviously the direction everyone is pushing him.

If anyone is interested, here is the latest interview:

http://rockandice.com/news/1637-qa-little-too-hardcoreq-honnold-on-drawing-the-line

Oct 2 2011 9:16PM
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derpina
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Amen to all of this. I've been a fan of Alex for quite a while and totally saw all this exposure coming. Such a rad dude. I always think the next time I read/hear about him though he's going to be dead.
Oct 2 2011 9:46PM
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iFlip
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Thread worthy of a bump.
Oct 3 2011 3:08PM
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BMB
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Great story and all, but Lara Logan? C'mon 60 minutes.
Oct 3 2011 3:24PM
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hey-dude-its-me
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I think I will
Oct 3 2011 4:01PM
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iFlip
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Earlier today I was able to re-watch the Alone On The Wall movie on YouTube in perfect quality. After 97,000 views it got ranked due to copyright infringement. I guess the hype from 60 Minutes pushed it too far into the spotlight. You can watch the full movie here though: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM3MTcyOTgw.html I do own the Sender Films production this was originally a part of - it's well worth it! Check out the Reel Rock tour for a showing of the new film near you this season, happening now.
Oct 3 2011 4:57PM
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Dhane
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excited to watch this. gonna have to call threads
Oct 3 2011 5:15PM
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hey-dude-its-me
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pretty sure I saw him in that Citi commercial that focuses on the girl climber
Dec 22 2011 8:56PM
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EastCoast315
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what? why
Dec 22 2011 8:58PM
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