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We kick it with Alex Honnold, the rock climber who was once on 60 Minutes. He has even done a few other impressive things since then … you know, like free soloing El-fucking-Cap. It’s been a big year for Honnold, from traversing the polar regions of Greenland in search of a 4,000-foot unclimbed sea cliff while doing extreme climate science, to going deep into the pain cave on his epic HURT traverse in Red Rock, to nearly killing Magnus Mitbo, to perhaps, most importantly, becoming a dad. All while expanding his reach as media star. Honnold was gracious enough to come down off his perch and roll around in the muck with us podcasting lowlifes for a candid and fun conversation that traverses all the great things that we love about climbing, proving that he’s still a dirtbag at heart.
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But first, we attend to some unfinished business in the form of arbitrating, litigating, and otherwise conversing about booty. The “crazy girl” from our recent debate about booty’d gear writes in with her side of the story, and we formally submit her complaint into the record. Court’s in session and all the booty is on the line.
Last but not least, we’re honored to share an excerpt from one of our favorite climbing podcasts in the world, the Jam Crack podcast with Niall Grimes. This interview excerpt with the great Ben Moon is not to be missed.
Show Notes
Alex Honnold in Greenland on National Geographic
Alex Honnold Free Solos with Magnus Mitbo
Part one of the great booty debate, Runout #88
Listen to the whole JamCrack Podcast 112 with Ben Moon
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3 responses to “RunOut #93: Alex Honnold Hits Different”
Alex is super wrong if he thinks gdp can continue to rise indefinitely as the planet goes to hell in a handcart due to climate change. It can’t if we can’t grow food cost effectively because of drought and floods.
you can buy totems at Neptune in Boulder. Bootying them is a crime!
“Dude have you been to Dubai? No way! You should go there, you can buy gold bars out of vending machines. Carbon emissions are a sign of prosperity and the shit is going to roll downhill, but we should care about the third world and animals in the environment. If you put solar panels on your house you can charge your EV and never even go to a gas station. That’s rad. My ideas are 50 years ahead of their time and this is why I can sleep at night. It’s because I know I’m right.” – I guess this is what superconfidence looks like. Maybe a little off-putting, but then again the benefit to achieving great things is obvious.