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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Enormocast 220: Alex Honnold – The Same, but More So

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

Sports, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Wilderness

4.9 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 220 of the Enormocast, I sit down across the internet with Alex Honnold. A lot has happened to Alex Honnold since we last talked in 2017. Back then, he had just free soloed El Cap, but the Oscar winning film of that ascent was still year away from blowing our minds and moistening …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo cast.

0:03.6

Alex Hanold once said that being in Black Diamond's solution harness

0:07.6

feels like home, and that's either a ringing endorsement from one of the best

0:11.7

or desperate cry for help. The role we hear at the Enormo cast is just going to assume it's

0:17.1

the former because the latter is quite complicated

0:20.2

and besides we climb in a solution too. Now to sport harness or a tried harness,

0:24.5

it's the one harness that stays in my pack for everything

0:27.5

because it's comfy and svelte without all the extra muckety muck.

0:31.7

I mean really, what's a full-strength hall loop actually for?

0:35.3

Anyone? Anyone? Neither smooth or holly can tell you why you'd

0:39.9

ever want two thousand pounds hanging off your ass while you're climbing.

0:43.4

So feel like you're home in a cleanly designed, comfortable solution harness from Black Diamond

0:48.6

and check out all their soft goods at blackdiamondequipment.com or your favorite retailer,

0:53.5

Black Diamond, a proud sponsor of the Enormo cast.

1:00.4

Do you like compliments? Compliments are good, right?

1:04.3

From the outright straight to your face statements of praise to the knowing look and slight

1:08.9

chin jet from your favorite bro at the gym,

1:11.6

compliments can turn your frown upside down in an instant.

1:15.2

And hands down of all the gear I pedal on the Enormo cast, the item that receives the

1:19.7

most out of the blue compliments are the splitter hats from PeterWGilroy.com.

1:25.2

You know, the ones with the titanium plaques and badges. That's right, titanium on a hat.

1:31.2

Peter started making these hats a few years ago and has kept the styles coming with designs

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