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Thread: For $1 billion dollars, would you follow Alex Honnold up El Capitan?

post 1612745961 08-06-2020, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted By bartosh⏩
Sure with 1 year prep time. I did routes in climbing gyms 2 grades lower than the hardest point of el cap. I could definitely become good enough to do the crux (hardest part) and with 1 year prep time I can drop 20ish lb while significantly increasing my strength/endurance and it should be at least possible

The issue isn't the difficulty for the most part (although it's definitely not easy and you need plenty of climbing experience to do it). The issue is the stamina portion

note: have transitioned my training to climbing 2-3x a week for the last 2 years
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Originally Posted By AltarOfPlagues⏩
kingswrv please hand your dumbest miscer in history award to this young man and get back into the retard gym bc you got some competition
don't do me like that

plenty of pro climbers say climbing el cap isn't some insanely difficult task. The incredible feats are
1) the speed which honnold does it. OP says you can do at your own pace not honnold's
2) it's a deathwish


For a billion dollars, I'm sureany professional climber would attempt it. I think with a billion dollar motivation and prep time I could be doing 5.14a/b(crux of el cap). I've done 5.13b/c's already



I was already planning on climbing in yosemite, possibly el cap but more likely the Royal Arches(obviously not free solo) with my brother in 2021-2022 but then covid hit and i haven't been able to climb as much. ForA BILLION DOLLARS? It's in the realm of possiblity
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post 1612746661 08-06-2020, 09:10 AM
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I would almost certainly die

So yeah sure why not. Currently not overly content with life anyway. Probably worth it for the 1:1000 chance of getting 1 bil
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Originally Posted By bartosh⏩
don't do me like that

plenty of pro climbers say climbing el cap isn't some insanely difficult task. The incredible feats are
1) the speed which honnold does it. OP says you can do at your own pace not honnold's
2) it's a deathwish


For a billion dollars, I'm sureany professional climber would attempt it. I think with a billion dollar motivation and prep time I could be doing v12-v13s
theres a million guys and girls in america that do 5.13+ on plastic and theres one guy who has ever freed soloed the nose. excluding speed climbs heres the entire list of the people who have freed the nose

Year Party Time Notes
1993 Lynn Hill 4 days Free climb[12]
1994 Lynn Hill 23 hours Free climb[7]
1998 Scott Burke 12 days Free or near-free climb[12]
2005 Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell 4 days Free climb where each partner led half the climb[12]
2005 Tommy Caldwell under 12 hours Free climb[12]
2014 Jorg Verhoeven 3 days Free climb[12]
2018 Keita Kurakami 5 days First All-Free Rope-Solo
2018 Connor Herson 3 days Youngest person to free the route
2019 Sébastien Berthe 8 days Free climb
2019 Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher 6 days Free climb


edit- idk why ive gotten onto the nose, ill leave my posts that i may be shamed. alex has the nose speed record but he free soloed pheonix
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Originally Posted By AltarOfPlagues⏩
theres a million guys and girls in america that do 5.13+ on plastic and theres one guy who has ever freed soloed the nose. excluding speed climbs heres the entire list of the people who have freed the nose

Year Party Time Notes
1993 Lynn Hill 4 days Free climb[12]
1994 Lynn Hill 23 hours Free climb[7]
1998 Scott Burke 12 days Free or near-free climb[12]
2005 Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell 4 days Free climb where each partner led half the climb[12]
2005 Tommy Caldwell under 12 hours Free climb[12]
2014 Jorg Verhoeven 3 days Free climb[12]
2018 Keita Kurakami 5 days First All-Free Rope-Solo
2018 Connor Herson 3 days Youngest person to free the route
2019 Sébastien Berthe 8 days Free climb
2019 Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher 6 days Free climb
side note - done 5.13a on rock as well

Yup. But a billion dollar motivation would change that. Simple as that. Offer a billion dollars and thousands of people would have done it already. It's risk vs reward. 99.99% of the population would never put their life on the line for no reward in this situation. A billion dollars though? Where my entire lineage for the rest of time will be set for life and free to pursue whatever they wish? different story
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Originally Posted By bartosh⏩
Sure with 1 year prep time. I did routes in climbing gyms 2 grades lower than the hardest point of el cap. I could definitely become good enough to do the crux (hardest part) and with 1 year prep time I can drop 20ish lb while significantly increasing my strength/endurance and it should be at least possible

The issue isn't the difficulty for the most part (although it's definitely not easy and you need plenty of climbing experience to do it). The issue is the stamina portion. The main reason I think it's at least possible is because i have an incredibly light frame and could probably get down to 150-155 while maintaining my strength at current 185. 6ft, size 8.5 feet and 28in waist at my lightest

note: have transitioned my training to climbing 2-3x a week for the last 2 years
i can lead 5.11 in my gym too, but i know that gym grades are inflated AF compared to yosemitie
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There's not a chance any of us would ever make it, so no.
How dare you!

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Originally Posted By sgregor249⏩
i can lead 5.11 in my gym too, but i know that gym grades are inflated AF compared to yosemitie
I've done 5.13a at joshua tree (San Diego Brah checkin in). My gym's only 1-2 grades off what i've been doing outdoors so maybe it's just having good route setters. I've only climbed at two gyms and both I feel were pretty close
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lmao at everyone saying yes.

If you've ever been to Yosemite and seen this magnificent beast, you would **** your pants, no ****ing kidding... its that much of a ****ing beast...
No man has ever seen El Capitan and Alex at the same time without slurping something...
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Originally Posted By offtopic⏩
lmao at everyone saying yes.

If you've ever been to Yosemite and seen this magnificent beast, you would **** your pants, no ****ing kidding... its that much of a ****ing beast...
No man has ever seen El Capitan and Alex at the same time without slurping something...
Professional climbers: that guy is completely insane and we're mind blown at his accomplishment

Miscers: just a hill tho innit
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon⏩
Professional climbers: that guy is completely insane and we're mind blown at his accomplishment

Miscers: just a hill tho innit
Because professional climbers don't care to put their life on the line for nothing. Not because they can't do it. Plenty of non-professional climbers have done el cap. I'm pretty sure Honnold lacks the part of his brain that produces fear... It's insane how he doesn't bat an eye at things that should make another man run
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post 1612748341 08-06-2020, 09:28 AM
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My fat ass wouldn't make it up the first 10 feet. So literally no point even trying. Lmao.
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Originally Posted By Ladiessman217⏩
Single most impressive feat in human history ?

Some may say you only risk your own life
Thing is Alex is a serious Autist.

He doesn't not know that it is his life that is on the line every single second up there.

He knows it but completely disregards it in his subconscious mind.

Our nervous system and brain are so deeply routed of deathly falls and dangers that 99% of all human beings born at some stage in their childhood have falling dreams with legit g force feelings.

We wake up instantly, that's the limbo effect you see in Inception (real thing)

Alex does have it but just is able to control everything in his body.

If you ask me he is not just a mellow guy. Bet there is something seriously wrong or wired differently with him.

That's also why no one will try this again.
dude plenty of Russians climb high sh*t on the daily and fear nothing

we could all do that with a bit of practice. have some faith
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post 1612748791 08-06-2020, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon⏩
Professional climbers: that guy is completely insane and we're mind blown at his accomplishment

Miscers: just a hill tho innit
There is no male more alpha than the average miscer. CEO $10k/day, 6'4" SHREDDED 225, 8" dink, master wall st trader, pro level mma fighter

... and could free solo el capitan no problemo
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Originally Posted By SwimToTheMoon⏩
This is like saying I could run a 9.6s 100m if I just followed Usain Bolt on the track...
this is a pretty good analogy. even redpointing some five pitch 5.12+ with some 13 moves does not put you in striking distance of big wall 30 pitch free capabilities of ANY grade.

its like saying i can run a 14 sec 100 im sure i can get it down to 9.8 in a couple years. you'll never touch it.
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I can guarantee there isn't a single person on the misc who would be able to, so the amount of money is moot.
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Originally Posted By bartosh⏩
Sure with 1 year prep time. I did routes in climbing gyms 2 grades lower than the hardest point of el cap. I could definitely become good enough to do the crux (hardest part) and with 1 year prep time I can drop 20ish lb while significantly increasing my strength/endurance and it should be at least possible

The issue isn't the difficulty for the most part (although it's definitely not easy and you need plenty of climbing experience to do it). The issue is the stamina portion. The main reason I think it's at least possible is because i have an incredibly light frame and could probably get down to 150-155 while maintaining my strength at current 185. 6ft, size 8.5 feet and 28in waist at my lightest

note: have transitioned my training to climbing 2-3x a week for the last 2 years
Maybe a dumb question because you are a pretty consistent climber but have you only climbed in a gym? Outdoors is very different, even if same grade. Also 5.11 to 5.13 is a big difference, enough so that there is a book


People who don’t climb saying “I’d just train” is like saying if I had 3 years to train for Olympic swimming I would just swim everyday then go win gold.
Edit: sprinting analogies above are apt
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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
There is no male more alpha than the average miscer. CEO $10k/day, 6'4" SHREDDED 225, 8" dink, master wall st trader, pro level mma fighter

... and could free solo el capitan no problemo
JFL. Didn't even bother posting in this thread when it first appeared because of how asinine it was. Meanwhile a day later and it's still going strong. There's actually a discussion.
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[QUOTE=blindsideflank post_id=1612749681]Maybe a dumb question because you are a pretty consistent climber but have you only climbed in a gym? Outdoors is very different, even if same grade. Also 5.11 to 5.13 is a big difference, enough so that there is a book
[img]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61QjhobBWcL._AC_SY400_.jpg[/ig]

People who don’t climb saying “I’d just train” is like saying if I had 3 years to train for Olympic swimming I would just swim everyday then go win gold.
Edit: sprinting analogies above are apt[/QUOTE]i have done trad ice and alpine in the cascades and the canadian rockies and i used to delete 2 full grades off what i am doing on in a gym at the time and thats pretty good comparison. its apples to oranges, i have had snow start falling on me on an exposed 5.6 and been very nervous.

im 36 now i haven't climbed in prob 8 years.

maybe my best plastic maybe v7 v8? but there was 8 year old girls out climbing me in the gym. plastic and multipitch rock are very different.


i would say most anybody can get to 11+ in a gym in a year with consistent practice. then 13 maybe takes 2-3 more years, then 14 never comes.
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these 2 expert climbers just died doing it, so no
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Originally Posted By blindsideflank⏩
Maybe a dumb question because you are a pretty consistent climber but have you only climbed in a gym? Outdoors is very different, even if same grade. Also 5.11 to 5.13 is a big difference, enough so that there is a book


People who don’t climb saying “I’d just train” is like saying if I had 3 years to train for Olympic swimming I would just swim everyday then go win gold.
Edit: sprinting analogies above are apt
I do(did i guess, pre-cobid) outdoors regularly since i live close to joshua tree, did 5.13a outdoors, 5.13b/c indoors
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Originally Posted By bartosh⏩
I do(did i guess, pre-cobid) outdoors regularly since i live close to joshua tree, did 5.13a outdoors, 5.13b/c indoors
thats really impressive honestly

edit, there is a big difference between top roping, following and leading obv
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