Sunday Pick: How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear

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🗓️ 4 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Today we're sharing a special episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant, a podcast about what makes the greatest minds tick.

In 2017, Alex Honnold did what even the world’s best rock climbers thought was impossible. He climbed to the top of El Capitan -- a granite rock mountain more than 3,000 feet high -- without a rope, harness, or net. His audacious feat was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” and it left Adam with some burning questions about what we can learn from his unique approach to managing fear. Alex opens up about how he regulates his emotions when he’s hanging on by just a few fingers, what still scares him, and how he stays motivated to pursue ambitious goals. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG2

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. The Talk Daily Listeners, I'm Elise Hugh. Today we have an episode of another podcast
0:14.0	from the TED Audio Collective, hand-picked by us for you.
0:18.0	It's time for the Summer Olympics,
0:19.4	so let's warm up by hearing from an iconic athlete.
0:22.4	This episode of Rethinking features Alex
0:24.8	Hinald, a rock climber who is most known for climbing more than 3,000 feet to the
0:29.9	top of El Capitan without a rope, harness, or net.
0:35.0	You'll hear Alex talk to organizational psychologist Adam Grant
0:38.0	about managing fear and staying motivated in the face of seemingly impossible challenges.
0:44.2	If you want to hear more fascinating interviews, you can find more rethinking wherever you get
0:48.0	your podcasts.
0:49.0	Learn about the TED Audio collective at audio collective. TED.com.
0:53.1	Now on to the episode right after a quick break.
0:58.1	Hey everyone, it's Adam Graham.
1:02.4	Welcome back to Reth, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick.
1:07.0	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people
1:12.0	to explore how they think and what we should all rethink.
1:17.0	Today's guest is Alex Hinald. You probably recognize him from the Oscar winning documentary Free Solo.
1:24.0	He's that climber who did the unthinkable in 2018
1:27.5	when he climbed El Capitan,
1:29.5	a 3,000 foot rock wall in Yosemite National Park,
1:33.4	without any ropes.
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