How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear ReThinking w/Adam Grant

Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala by TED

Oct 20, 202243:30Society & Culture

In 2017, Alex Honnold did what even the world’s best rock climbers thought was impossible. He climbed to the top of El Capitan– a granite rock mountain more than 3,000 feet high– without a rope, harness, or net. His auda...

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