He is an impossible mountain spiderman and will be able to win an Oscar tomorrow – 02/23/2019

Alex Honnold posts in social networks almost everything he does. As a result, he has grown from a celebrity for mountaineers to a global celebrity who transcends his own ghetto. This is not an actor and yet, tomorrow night, he can win an Oscar.

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He is the most daring mountaineer of the moment. His solo full ascents only mean that the pure fingers and legs of the toughest formations in North America have made him one of the most followed athletes in the world. He is famous for his modest and modest demeanor, but also for his repeated defeat of El Capitan, his territory tamed by Yosemite Park in California: a wall 914 meters high that climbed several times without ropes. protect in case of free fall. Honnold has been featured in the 60-minute newscast and the New York Times, has been featured in commercials and numerous adventure films. But today, it is especially the protagonist of the film Free Solo, which will be premiered at National Geographic and is nominated for an Oscar in the documentary category.

– How was the first time El Capitán went up?

– My partner and I were aiming to download it in any way, not in free climbing, but by doing everything necessary to reach the summit. We were preparing it all season. It was a beautiful adventure. We ride the easiest route in 23 hours. This represented a completely different way to climb.

-He said that getting into the Capitan was the most extreme thing that he did. What did he think as he walked towards the wall the morning he went up there?

-Nothing special. The idea of ​​all this preparation was just to make sure that that day I did not worry about anything. I had thought of everything before countless times. That morning I was in autopilot, I had just acted. Yes, I parked my truck in a different place because I did not want to see anyone in the meadow. This is why I made a path that exceeds the length of El Capitán. I threw it on the east side of the wall and I thought to myself: "It's a big stone wall". I saw it in another way. But I was not scared: I knew what was going to happen.

– Did you feel extra pressure because you were going to make a movie with that?

-Really no. In many ways, I really wanted the film project to be realized. I put a little more pressure on the subject of time to be motivated enough to go out and start working. I had been dreaming for years of climbing Free El Capitan, but I did not do it because it seemed a little daunting. That 's why I needed a boost to get started. It had been about six years since he thought: "It will be the year when I will ride alone on El Capitan." And when I went to Yosemite, I said, "No, it is not the year, I will not even try it." I needed a reason to start struggling and see if it was possible.

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– What is your orientation when you climb? Look a lot? Do you know where you are in relation to the ground?

-I am very conscious. A big part of climbing tall walls like this is to face the risk, to experience the experience of being far from the ground. If you mean if I think "I look down?" Of course, I lower my eyes. As you climb, you constantly look at your feet and that does not mean that I think about risk.

Where does trust come from and believe in yourself?

– I see this as rooted in reasoning, in a basic evaluation of objective reality: can I do that? And if I can, then I do it and that's all. If I was doing something on a channel over and over, then obviously I can do it physically, so there's no real reason why I can not do it without the channel.

-What do you think of fate, given what you do?

-I have never been religious or spiritual. I am not a big fan of destiny. I see life as probabilities, opportunities and a reality. Destiny does not correspond to my way of thinking. But I really think about mortality and my time is short. I believe that the desire to do the best I can while climbing is due, in part, to the fact that I will only be here for a certain period.

-What will be your next big challenge?

-I do not know. If I think of a challenge like El Capitán, I think it will take a few years before something like mega m inspires me. We will see

– Have you learned to handle your fear or is it something innate?

– I have a lot of experience with fear, probably more than an average person, and I think it helps me to make a difference when I'm really in danger and I have to Act in consequence.

-Why are you swinging?

-Because it's amazing.