Alex Honnold says that in spring the west side of El Capitan stays in shade until about 11 a.m. or noon.
“that whole west side of the wall stays in the shade until eleven or noonish in the morning”
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Alex Honnold says he abandoned an earlier El Capitan free solo attempt in the autumn because he was not ready, before succeeding the following spring.
“I just wasn't ready, ready. And so so I wound up bailing”
Alex Honnold says that people winning Olympic climbing events are mostly aged about 18 to 23.
“climbing is in the Olympics now, and the people winning the Olympics are all sort of 18 to 23-ish”
Alex Honnold says Olympic-style competition bouldering has moved toward parkour-like moves such as big run-and-jumps and swings.
“has definitely taken a slight turn towards parkour-ish sorts of moves, like big run and jumps and, like, crazy swings”
Alex Honnold says the cables on Half Dome stay up year-round while the uprights are removed out of season.
“the cables stay up all year, so when, like, when it's out of season, they take the uprights down, but the cables just sit there”
In the film Free Solo, climber Tommy Caldwell says all the big free soloists are dead now, a line Alex Honnold says is misleading.
“a friend of mine, Tommy Caldwell, who's a very well-known climber, says something like, All the people who are big free soloists are dead now.”
Alex Honnold says most well-known free soloists who have died did so in parachuting-type accidents, such as wingsuiting or BASE jumping, rather than while free soloing.
“the bulk of other people who are sort of known for free soloing have died either in parachuting accidents, like wingsuiting or BASE jumping”
Alex Honnold says he and Peter Croft are both sponsored by The North Face.
“we're both sponsored by The North Face now, so we're kind of friends, we're on the same team”
Alex Honnold says he lives in Las Vegas and sees a body worker about once a week when at home.
“I live in Las Vegas. When I'm at home, I try to, uh, see this body worker in town once a week.”
Alex Honnold says his climbing journal goes back to about 2005 or 2006 and logs everything he has climbed.
“my climbing journal goes back to 2005 or 6 or something. So basically, everything I've ever climbed is is logged”
Alex Honnold says his father died of an unexpected heart attack at age 55 while running through an airport.
“he died of a heart attack unexpectedly, just freak thing, running through an airport, uh, at age 55”
Alex Honnold says his father was a community college professor who taught language and lived an ostensibly risk-free life.
“my father was a community college professor, taught language, and, uh, you know, he ostensibly lived a risk-free life”
Alex Honnold says he began climbing at age 10.
“I was just lucky to get into climbing when I was 10, so it's something that I've just been into forever”
Alex Honnold says he dropped out of the University of California, Berkeley after one year, after he started climbing at Indian Rock instead of going to class.
“that's why I dropped out after 1 year of Berkeley”
Alex Honnold says he took the family minivan to live in and had a couple hundred dollars a month in bond income from money his father left for college.
“I took the family minivan. I was making a couple hundred bucks in bonds”
Alex Honnold says Yosemite Falls can cast a moonbow, a rainbow made by moonlight, when the waterfall is at peak water.
“Yosemite Falls will cast a moonbow, like you'll be able to see a rainbow from the moonlight in the waterfall when it's at peak water”
Alex Honnold says Emily Harrington freed the Golden Gate route on El Capitan in a day, and he supported her attempts.
“Emily Harrington, who's also a professional climber, um, who, yeah, freed this route called the Golden Gate in a day”
Alex Honnold says he does one cardio-focused outing a week, such as climbing a mountain, alongside a weekly one-hour run.
“I try to do one kinda cardio adventure once a week, which is like climb a mountain or do something”