Assessing Risk and Living Without a Rope – Lessons from Alex Honnold (#160)
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Assessing Risk and Living Without a Rope – Lessons from Alex Honnold (#160)

“You take a dump into free space, and it just completely disappears.” – Alex Honnold Alex Honnold (@alexhonnold, Facebook: /alexhonnold) is a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious free-solo (no ropes, no partner) ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world. Honnold is distinguished …

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The Athlete (And Artist) Who Cheats Death, Jimmy Chin (#114)
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The Athlete (And Artist) Who Cheats Death, Jimmy Chin (#114)

“I’m the laziest motivated person that I know!” — Jimmy Chin Jimmy Chin (@jimkchin) is an artist and professional athlete, often at the same time. If Chase Jarvis and Laird Hamilton had a love child, it would be Jimmy. He has participated in and documented breakthrough expeditions around the planet, from climbing first ascents in the …

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