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To: HerrBlucher
Hiking alone in single digit temperatures. Where do people get the idea this is a safe thing to do.

Alex: "Hold my beer."

Alex Honnold

18 posted on 02/19/2026 7:36:18 AM PST by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: fwdude

I used to rock climb, but that looks just dumb. Sweaty hands on smooth stainless steel? I don’t care how much chalk you have in your bag.


40 posted on 02/19/2026 7:48:19 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: fwdude
Alex: "Hold my beer."

I watched that whole climb, although I fast-forwarded through many parts. It is an insane thing to do, but given other things he's done, like free climbing El Capitan and things like that, this climb was nothing to him, and he made it look like nothing.
124 posted on 02/19/2026 2:18:35 PM PST by fr_freak (So foul a sky clears not without a storm.)
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