What a Chill Adventure Looks Like to the ‘Free Solo’ Guy, with Alex Honnold

Outside Podcast

Wilderness, Sports

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Chill”, “mellow”, and “relaxed” are probably not words you think of when you hear about the latest climbing feat from Alex Honnold. ”Terrified” and “mesmerized” likely better describe what it felt like watching live as the ropeless wonder scaled the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 skyscraper. So you might be surprised to learn that Alex recently did something else for the TV camera that was, in fact, pretty chill, mellow, and relaxed. A new show on Outside TV called “Get a Little Out There”, showcases a side of him rarely seen—the one where he’s a husband and a father who just likes to get outdoors and explore everything his adopted home state of Nevada has to offer. It’s fascinating because, while watching Alex enjoy decidedly non-life-threatening adventures like stargazing and mountain biking and hanging out with a donkey in a bar—you know, normal Nevada stuff—he comes across as down to Earth and full of insights and ideas that will resonate with anyone looking for more everyday adventure in their own lives.

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0:00.0	Need a little space? We know a place. The big heart of Nevada, where you can go off road and off the map, on two lakes or on horseback.
0:10.3	Dip into hot springs and dive into deserts. Climb a mountain or make your best effort. See thousands of stars in the darkest skies.
0:18.4	Stake out haunted hotels. Can you make it to sunrise?
0:21.7	There's always something new to see
0:23.4	because we've got plenty of space to just be.
0:26.9	Plan your trip at travel nevada.com.
0:32.9	This is the outside podcast with Paddyo.
0:42.2	Thank you. This is The Outside Podcast with Paddyo. Okay, I am recording.
0:43.8	So we're all recording now.
0:45.5	This is great.
0:46.8	Look at us.
0:47.6	Professionals.
0:48.3	Well, you're a professional, like, a lot of things.
0:50.6	I do technically host two podcasts.
0:52.5	I know you do, which is like I thought I'm
0:55.0	supposed to be the podcast host and you're like, well, oh, you do one? That's cute. Or you can say I do zero because the whole team does each of them and I just get to chat with people. That's pretty nice. You're the professional chit-chatter. And don't work on post-pro or anything like that? No, I literally don't know how any of the things work.
1:11.0	I just like send audio files
1:12.5	to people. But you still get to say you're a podcast, so there you go. and don't work on post pro or anything like that no i literally don't know how any of the things work
1:10.8	i just like send audio files to people but you still get to say you're a podcast host so there you go you know
1:15.4	what maybe if i start climbing i too can just be a podcast host start trying find out hey if you've got
1:23.2	climbing shoes and you believe in yourself anything is possible i don't know if that's totally true, but you know, I like that. That'll be my new mantra.
1:30.1	Yeah, too. Got my shoes. I believe in myself. Yeah, totally. Yeah.
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