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How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear

WorkLife with Adam Grant

CHAPTER

Free Solo El Cap

I was really struck when watching Free Solo with the early days of El Cap, you just said it's too scary. And I wonder what led you to cross the border to saying, yeah, it's scary, but I want to go for it. You've also had a lot of experience overcoming fear to even go for a climb in the first place. Yeah, well, you know, I didn't realize how much further down my personal journey it would actually be.

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