EP 167: Alex Honnold — Epic Solos That Nobody Heard About, Near Misses, and Sh*tting His Pants While Free Soloing

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Alex Honnold is on the podcast! Who? The guy that free handed Yellowstone? Close enough. Seriously though, this was such a great interview. We talked about his two most epic solos that nobody heard about, near misses, lessons from other climbing legends like Tommy Caldwell, Jonathan Siegrist, and Peter Croft, pooping while free soloing stories, how the film Free Solo exceeded his hopes and dreams, the commitment to excellence, and much more!

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of the Nugget Climbing Podcast.
0:06.9	This is your host, Stephen Dimmit, and my guest today is Alex Honnold.
0:12.9	Alex needs no introduction.
0:14.9	He's the most famous rock climber on the planet.
0:18.4	He's got to be.
0:19.2	This man's won an Oscar, for Christ's sakes. Alex is widely regarded
0:23.2	the greatest free soloist of all time. He won an Oscar for the film Free Solo that followed
0:29.4	his journey in preparation and eventually his successful free solo of the free rider on El Capitan.
0:36.7	Probably the most badass thing that's ever happened
0:38.9	in rock climbing. And I'm thrilled that he is on the podcast. I've been wanting to have Alex on
0:44.6	since the very beginning. We have a lot of mutual friends and I figured I would meet him one of these
0:49.6	days and we finally made it happen. And this episode totally delivered.
0:55.4	Alex has done many, many interviews.
0:58.7	It's really rare that you get fresh stories from someone as famous as Alex.
1:03.6	He's done tons of other podcasts.
1:05.2	He's been on Joe Rogan multiple times, Tim Ferriss, all the other climbing podcasts.
1:10.2	And this episode is packed full of stories
1:13.1	that he has never told before, covering many, many topics. We had a ton of fun. And I think
1:19.7	you guys are really going to enjoy this one. I'm guessing that some of you are tuning into
1:24.7	the Nugget for the first time. Welcome. I'm so glad you're
1:27.7	here. And I want to recommend a couple other great episodes and tell you some of the things that are going on at the Nugget. I know that when I listen to a new podcast for the first time and they have, you know, 150 plus episodes. It's super overwhelming. I don't know where to start. I don't know if I should go back to the beginning. I don't know how much better the podcast has gotten over time. So I'm going to give you
1:49.4	two episodes to listen to if you love this one and want to check out more of the Nugget. These are
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