Alex Honnold Breaks Down Extreme Climbing In Movies & TV | GQ Sports

"This is pretty unrealistic, but I have done it" Alex Honnold

I climbed the Burj Khalifa 2 years ago but decided to use a series of stairs and elevators on the inside of the building. Still it was an amazing ascent. Great view too.

"I haven't actually been around that many giant explosions in the mountains." I finally found something I have in common with Alex Honnold.

The fact that they play a clip of Tom Cruise climbing the tallest building in the world and Alex just casually goes "yeah i've done this" is insane.

They show him a crazy clip of Tom Cruise climbing the world's tallest building and Alex is just like "Well when I climbed it..." LoL

Do I climb big walls? No. Am I interested in climbing big walls? No. Have I watched every single Alex interview? Yes.

28:35 It's insane that Nirmal Purja and his team got so little recognition for doing one of the most incredible things in climbing history. Not only were they the first to summit K2 in winter, they also climbed the rest of the 14 tallest peaks on the planet, and they did it all in six months. All 14. In 6 months. Incredible. Everyone should be talking about it.

I love how he describes repeating a V4 112 times up the Burj like it’s a casual pumpy sequence of movements that really only like he and cgi can actually do 😂💪🏻

Tom Cruise climbing up the outside of the world's tallest building in an over the top action movie Alex: "Ok so I actually did this... "

I love that Alex Honnold can simultaneously relate to Tom Cruise scaling the world's largest building and Sheldon Cooper passing out on a kiddie wall climbing with Barry.

I like how Alex is so chill and generally positive in his observations. It would be so easy to just rip to shreds every single scene, but he chooses to just have fun with it instead. Love this guy.

Wow! After his comments about Clint Eastwood's scenes I went and found this... "Clint Eastwood did all of his own stunts, including the scene where he cuts his safety line over a drop of at least 1,000 feet. The only stunt he did not perform was a 2,500-foot drop, for which a dummy was used. One climber, David Knowles, was killed by a boulder on the second day of shooting." Wow.

I’m more impressed with how Alex has gotten more comfortable talking to the camera. His presenting has improved a good amount for such an introvert

‘The way they are climbing is totally unrealistic and would never happen, although he has a red helmet and helmets do come in red which I guess is pretty realistic and accurate’

"Presumably they should've brought jackets though." I am dead. His deadpan delivery of this line is hilarious.

I love how agreeable he is with the Wonder Woman scene. "Does a one-arm pull-up...SICK..."

“If I thought I was going to fall off a cliff I would find that very scary”. It’s that simple. He just doesn’t think he’s going to fall.

I love that he breaks down unrealistic scenes without being condescending. He still acknowledges the artistry and interpretation, and that there is enjoyment in that, even if it isn't completely 100% realistic.

"The key is to make sure you don't fall off" Nailed it. That's why I won't climb or go near a cliff

Terry Pratchett wrote “Tiffany was not afraid of heights at all. She could walk past tall trees without batting an eyelid. Looking up at huge towering mountains didn’t bother her a bit. What she was afraid of, although she hadn’t realized it up until this point, was depths. She was afraid of dropping such a long way out of the sky that she’d have time to run out of breath screaming before hitting the rocks so hard that she’d turn to a sort of jelly and all her bones would break into dust. She was, in fact, afraid of the ground.”