Alex Honnold: THIS Is The MINDSET That Allowed Me To Achieve What NO ONE Ever Has (+ What’s NEXT!)

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Alex Honnold is history’s greatest ever climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective equipment of any kind. Above about 50 feet, any fall would likely be lethal, which means that, on epic days of soloing, he might spend 12 or more hours in the Death Zone. On the hardest parts of some climbing routes, his fingers will have no more contact with the rock than most people have with the touchscreens of their phones, while his toes press down on edges as thin as sticks of gum. Just watching a video of Honnold climbing will trigger some degree of vertigo, heart palpitations, or nausea in most people, and that’s if they can watch them at all. Even Honnold has said that his palms sweat when he watches himself on film. In this episode, Alex shares the unique mindset he brings to some of the most incredible human feats ever accomplished. We chat about his family life, how he receives love, and what it was like for Free Solo to win an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film – you won’t want to miss this episode! His new show on Nat Geo launched February 4th, 2024 on Disney+ - Arctic Ascent: With Alex Honnold

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0:00.0	Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howe's former pro-athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur and each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.
0:23.2	Thanks for spending some time with me today.
0:24.8	Now let the class begin.
0:31.9	Welcome back, everyone at the School of Greatness. We have the inspiring Alex
0:35.2	Arnold in the house. Good to see you sir. Welcome to the show. I have to read this
0:39.8	really quick so people can understand how inspiring an athlete and human being you are.
0:46.9	More people will walk on the moon than will do what Alex Arnold has done.
0:51.6	For me, just reading that in your bio I was like this is
0:54.2	unbelievable because not many people in the world can do or ever will do what
0:59.6	you what you've done and I'm curious if you could explain to people that don't know anything about you, what it is you actually do, that you think makes you so great.
1:12.0	Well, so, I mean, I'm a professional rock climber and a rock climb my whole life.
1:17.0	I mean, the thing that I'm most well known for is free soloing, which is climbing about a rope.
1:21.0	And I mean, I think their quote that you just read is specifically
1:23.7	referring to free-selling al-cap which is a wall in Yosemite National Park which
1:28.9	which to date I'm the only person to have done.
1:33.0	No one's ever done it again.
1:36.0	No, no, no, no.
1:38.0	And what is what is the what is the what is he actually did?
1:41.0	I mean I watched the documentary was incredible but for those
1:43.6	I mean yes the documentary free solar kind of covers it but it's a free
1:47.6	solar at El Capitan which is a 3,000 foot granite wall. So yeah climbing this big wall without a rope.
1:54.0	Yeah.
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