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Alex Honnold: The Free Soul of Free Solo Climbing On Fear, Risk, Mindset & What It Means To Be Truly Alive

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The Importance of Thinking About Death

When was the last time the average person thought about the mortality and really made choices that could be to death? I mean my personal life style choices like eating a twinkie or whatever Right. Those are so far removed that you don't get that immediate like sense of dread. Yeah, they're like oh my god I'm so afraid if I eat this I'm gonna die in 40 years from heart disease You know, it's like a different right. Most of us Live our lives in a waking dream and we we expend a tremendous amount of energy Trying to pretend we're not gonna die or denying that the inevitable. We have a healthier Perspective on it because you're so connected with that

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