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Facing Fear with Alex Honnold | ReThinking with Adam Grant

Climbing Gold

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Is There a Real Threat When You're on a Wall?

I know you talked about a climate half-dom where you panicked. And I wondered what activated your sense of threat there and how you calm down. The moment you start to feel afraid, you start to reappraise. Is it that quick for you or do you have to do this consciously? It's not always that quick. Sometimes I have to sort of look inward and be like, what is going on? Like take a deep breath, compose yourself, pull it together. This is totally irrational.

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