Rock Climbing
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 1 episodes
2 statements about Rock Climbing, every show
Honnold predicts Free Solo will not trigger a wave of reckless climbers
“No, no, I really don't actually. And that's a common question. I mean, obviously, you know, there's the possibility for that to happen. In general, though, I think that rock climbing is actually getting more risk averse than it used to be.”
Honnold: Rock climbing preparation lacks external time pressure and constraints
“The thing with climbing though is that you can just keep training. You can keep preparing. There's no time crunch. There's no pressure. There's nobody forcing me to do it one way or another. I was kind of able to work at my own pace and just keep working at it…”