Free Solo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH And his friend made me watch Dawn wall. I keep meaning to see this. I can't help thinking about the torture the moms of free soloist go through. Sometimes it makes me irrationally angry. These are not my kids!

His mother doesn’t seem to very much care.

[Anonymous]

I find Alex’s honesty very refreshing. He isn’t out to hurt anyone’s feelings. I also think people focus in on what their relationship was like at the start of the film. They completely miss the fact he wasn’t raised in house that says ‘I love you’ but he definitely tells her such at the end of the film.

What I take away from their relationship. They both care about each other despite being in a untraditional relationship.
It seems like they both are working on things the other person needs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The gf was extremely annoying. She was crying and hoping he wouldn't do it, yet he stated over and over climbing is above all including relationships. He doesnt seem capable of having one, nor that he really cares about people in general.

How does that make the GF annoying? It makes her a bit dumb, doing exactly the thing that he doesn't want her to do and the thing he said would not stop him. But, she didn't even know him when they first met. She was attracted to him - no doubt the risk aspect was part of it. But, she fell in love with him. Why, I cannot understand, as I found him gross on many levels. It is natural for her to want him to stop, even though she knows he want. I thought she was very poorly portrayed in the movie.

She met him by slipping him her number at a book signing. Of his book. About free soloing. Yes, she knew this about him.

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Anonymous wrote:The gf was extremely annoying. She was crying and hoping he wouldn't do it, yet he stated over and over climbing is above all including relationships. He doesnt seem capable of having one, nor that he really cares about people in general.

How does that make the GF annoying? It makes her a bit dumb, doing exactly the thing that he doesn't want her to do and the thing he said would not stop him. But, she didn't even know him when they first met. She was attracted to him - no doubt the risk aspect was part of it. But, she fell in love with him. Why, I cannot understand, as I found him gross on many levels. It is natural for her to want him to stop, even though she knows he want. I thought she was very poorly portrayed in the movie.

She met him by slipping him her number at a book signing. Of his book. About free soloing. Yes, she knew this about him.

Yes, she did. But, she said she went to the book signing with her friend. Not that she knew him. But she was attracted to him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The gf was extremely annoying. She was crying and hoping he wouldn't do it, yet he stated over and over climbing is above all including relationships. He doesnt seem capable of having one, nor that he really cares about people in general.

How does that make the GF annoying? It makes her a bit dumb, doing exactly the thing that he doesn't want her to do and the thing he said would not stop him. But, she didn't even know him when they first met. She was attracted to him - no doubt the risk aspect was part of it. But, she fell in love with him. Why, I cannot understand, as I found him gross on many levels. It is natural for her to want him to stop, even though she knows he want. I thought she was very poorly portrayed in the movie.

DP: the GF comes across extremely selfish, she KNEW what she was getting into. She doesn't care about his goals, his aspirations, his values. She just wants him to become another beer-drinking predictable dad.

Heck, then why seduce Alex f#cking free solo?

There's some sexism in your post, imo. You think GF is selfish when what Alex is doing is the height of vanity and selfishness. He doesn't care about anyone else or anything other than his glory of the next big clime. He just wants everyone to mold themselves around his pursuits. He has no feelings for anyone else.

Alex hardly appears "seduced." (And, attraction does not equal seduction.) He seems ready to drop her at a moment's notice. Lending more to my opinion that he's the selfish one. But, you go ahead with your "vixen seductress" opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watching the actual climb made both my palms and the soles of my feet sweat. Uuuuuunnnghhh no thank you. That climb is literally insane. Even knowing the outcome, I was terrified for him. I strongly identified with the cameraman who couldn’t bear to watch.

Same. I watched it this weekend and had to cover my eyes for parts of the climb, even though I knew he survived.

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Apart from the obvious phenomenal physical achievement, I found it amazing how he mentally mapped el cap down to the tiniest little crack. It was as if he had a google map of it, telling him where to move up, sideways, etc. That was incredible on its own, let alone to be able to keep that level of mental concentration for that many hours under such insane physical exertion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't understand why the girlfriend didn't expect better for herself. Alex is amazing but I would not date or marry him.

FOR REAL.

Come on Sannia you can do better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Watching the actual climb made both my palms and the soles of my feet sweat. Uuuuuunnnghhh no thank you. That climb is literally insane. Even knowing the outcome, I was terrified for him. I strongly identified with the cameraman who couldn’t bear to watch.

Same. I watched it this weekend and had to cover my eyes for parts of the climb, even though I knew he survived.

I had a physical reaction to watching it also. Although Dawn Wall made me more sick!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Alex Honnold is depressed at all. Not sure how you make that assumption.

I thought he might be slightly on the spectrum

This is what I thought. He seems so emotionless and strange. And didn't they say his father was likely on the spectrum? I also think he's (Alex) slightly narcissistic. I did not find him likable at all. And his achievement is one of those useless, vanity achievements. I get it that people will disagree. But, risking your life -potentially dying horribly while friends are watching and your GF is home alone waiting for you- is such a useless endeavor. There are many other ways to appreciate the splendor, awesomeness, etc. of nature and the human body.

This is my feeling too. Do watch Dawn Wall about Tommy Caldwell. I found it much more enjoyable.

The movie is not as well done. But tommy is more enjoyable to watch because he’s kind, emotional, nice. All the things Alex is lacking.

[Anonymous]

I heard Meru is the one to watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard Meru is the one to watch.

Meru is amazing! I liked Free Solo too though.

[Anonymous]

The devils climb on Hulu is VERY good

[Anonymous]

Alex Honnold has two daughters now and while he still hasn't stopped his climbing pursuits, he appears to have settled into family life more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alex Honnold has two daughters now and while he still hasn't stopped his climbing pursuits, he appears to have settled into family life more.

Watching Alex’s evolution into life as a husband and father is totally fascinating to me (he has a podcast I listen to in addition to his Nat Geo films and other podcast appearances so I think I’ve consumed much more Alex Honnold media than most). No, he’ll never be the most warm and fuzzy guy but he has definitely grown and he has acknowledged how cringeworthy he behaved at several points in Free Solo.