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Alex Honnold: What risk means after dean Potter |
1-Jun-2015 At 9:28:23 AM |
TimP
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I thought this was a really good response to the tragedy and was impressed by Alex's writing. He is in a position to reflect on this being a free solo climber. I like climbing as it offers a challenge that can be just a little beyond your abilities, I also like the work to keep extending those abilities and the surprise at how far you can go (when frightened!). Climbing offers an open ended escalation of this right up to these guys levels.
From the article:
>"These types of comments [critical of Potter] really rankled me because they belittle how much thought and effort Dean invested in his arts. No one spends 20 years at the cutting edge of their sport by being an adrenaline junkie all the time. Most people had only seen his climbing and flying through short YouTube videos and never got a glimpse of the years of training behind them. Dean actually had a thoughtful and conservative approach, building up to things slowly over time as he became physically and psychologically prepared." |
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