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Alex Honnold - 60 Minutes tonight

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  1. Brooklyn999 Brooklyn999 is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 1:47am)

    Anyone else see this story? Holy shit. My palms were sweaty the entire segment. This dude is unreal.


    (CBS News) If scaling a 1,600-foot rock face seems terrifying, imagine scaling it without ropes or a harness. That's what Alex Honnold recently attempted in Yosemite National Park, using nothing more than his hands and feet. "60 Minutes" cameras were strategically placed along the climb, capturing every harrowing move. Correspondent Lara Logan interviews the man now being hailed as the best climber alive.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20114487.shtml

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?...;storyMediaBox
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 1:49am) in reply to Brooklyn999

    Watched it. he's a very different sort of person.
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 1:50am) in reply to Willywoo

    watch his documentary "alone on the wall" or something like that.
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:00am) in reply to ntanygd760

    It is a rare and beautiful thing . . . and it will be a real shame when he falls to his death, as he inevitably will.
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:06am) in reply to Milo

    Yea when he was talking about how he isn't going to climb forever but is never going to stop climbing you know what he meant, till he quickly added or when he stops loving it. He obv meant till he falls.
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:06am) in reply to ntanygd760

     
    Originally Posted by ntanygd760 View Post

    watch his documentary "alone on the wall" or something like that.


    I'm definitely going to check that out. What that kid does is simply amazing.
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:07am) in reply to Brooklyn999

    seems like someone who wants suicide
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:08am) in reply to tekiller

    I never understand how they get down...seems like it would be 100x tougher
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:13am) in reply to LVpokerdealer

    normally they repel down depending on the area. where he was in Yosemite its a strange place where they have these huge walls but on the other side of the steep wall is a trail you can walk down.
     
  10. I Spew Chips I Spew Chips is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:13am) in reply to ntanygd760

    Saw a short vid on him last week. It made me cringe when he was on half dome and said he started to freak out for the first time in a long time.
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:17am) in reply to LVpokerdealer



    here is a picture of half dome on of the more famous spots. On the right is the really steep climbing part. The red line is where you can just walk up,(still kinda steep) and they put out cables a certain number of months a year that tourists can hold on to as they walk up and down. The climbers normally use this to get down as well.

     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 2:32am) in reply to ntanygd760


    this is not for me





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