I think it absolutely effects other people. It’s like making a show about how cool suicide is. I really don’t care that apparently 7 people disagree with that.
This is a you’re not wrong, just an asshole situation. There was actually a cluster of free solo deaths in 2024 in Colorado cause this shit was getting popular.
Free solo climbers used to be an incredibly small group with a death rate that rival people who use those gliding suits and thread the needle under bridges. It’s a community of people like cave divers, they understand death is a likely part, the people attracted to this (no matter what they personally say) are either ok with dying or have disassociated the risk so much that they don’t take it seriously enough.
Alex Honold will get more people killed by getting them interested in free soloing, traditional rock climbing by comparison is like tennis level safe.
Oh I’m ok with being an asshole about this, plenty of my friends think so. If you spend enough time in the climbing world you meet a lot of idiots like Alex, most of them die quietly and I think that’s for the best.
It’s not cool, just like jumping of a bridge isn’t cool. I really don’t care about anyone else’s opinion here, I’m very set in mine. Friends of mine know Alex, I know lots of people that solo. Bragging about it makes you dangerous.
7 people on a niche platform that saw your post. Millions saw free solo and millions more watched him climb Taipei yesterday. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. It’s that simple. Wishing death on him and then saying it’s somehow promoting suicide is some dumbass shit. It’s an extreme sport, clearly not your thing.
Participating in extreme sports is a mental illness? Pushing ones limits is not a mental illness. He knows the risks and enjoys it. This is what he’s trained for his entire life. It’s no different than a Travis Rice being heli dropped off on top of a mountain in Alaska and snowboarding down. Or a Redbull athlete jumping between planes in a wing suit. Different strokes for different folks. Not a mental illness.
People are stupid and if they’re dumb enough to do something they aren’t equipped to do is natural selection. I don’t want people dying, but that’s the risk and they know it.
I think it absolutely effects other people. It’s like making a show about how cool suicide is. I really don’t care that apparently 7 people disagree with that.
This is a you’re not wrong, just an asshole situation. There was actually a cluster of free solo deaths in 2024 in Colorado cause this shit was getting popular.
Free solo climbers used to be an incredibly small group with a death rate that rival people who use those gliding suits and thread the needle under bridges. It’s a community of people like cave divers, they understand death is a likely part, the people attracted to this (no matter what they personally say) are either ok with dying or have disassociated the risk so much that they don’t take it seriously enough.
Alex Honold will get more people killed by getting them interested in free soloing, traditional rock climbing by comparison is like tennis level safe.
Oh I’m ok with being an asshole about this, plenty of my friends think so. If you spend enough time in the climbing world you meet a lot of idiots like Alex, most of them die quietly and I think that’s for the best.
Some people need it, fuck.
You’re the one who wants him to die. He wants to live and show how cool free climbing is.
It’s not cool, just like jumping of a bridge isn’t cool. I really don’t care about anyone else’s opinion here, I’m very set in mine. Friends of mine know Alex, I know lots of people that solo. Bragging about it makes you dangerous.
7 people on a niche platform that saw your post. Millions saw free solo and millions more watched him climb Taipei yesterday. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. It’s that simple. Wishing death on him and then saying it’s somehow promoting suicide is some dumbass shit. It’s an extreme sport, clearly not your thing.
I mean it’s clearly a mental illness. He could be using safety gear. He’s climbing like this for a rush.
Participating in extreme sports is a mental illness? Pushing ones limits is not a mental illness. He knows the risks and enjoys it. This is what he’s trained for his entire life. It’s no different than a Travis Rice being heli dropped off on top of a mountain in Alaska and snowboarding down. Or a Redbull athlete jumping between planes in a wing suit. Different strokes for different folks. Not a mental illness.
I don’t watch it, it’s stupid. I hate that he is in Valley Uprising. I skip his segment when I watch. People have died because of his grand exposure.
People are stupid and if they’re dumb enough to do something they aren’t equipped to do is natural selection. I don’t want people dying, but that’s the risk and they know it.