Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life

Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by Ididntdothis on Friday September 13, 2019 @08:33AM (#20961489)

When I watched the movie with my girlfriend I thought that he was refreshingly honest with his feelings. My girlfriend on the other hand thought that he was just a selfish prick. Pretty interesting.

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by jancsika on Friday September 13, 2019 @10:53AM (#20962689)

The two are not mutually exclusive.

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by Excel_Wizard on Friday September 13, 2019 @08:52AM (#20961607)

Was it a thought along the lines of him being selfish because his death (at any time) could leave his family without him?

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by Ididntdothis on Friday September 13, 2019 @08:58AM (#20961656)

I am not sure. I think it was more about him not expressing himself in the normally accepted ways. Which is something I can relate to.

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by gadders on Friday September 13, 2019 @09:43AM (#20962051)

There was also that whole bit about how he thought he should break up with her because he didn't belay him properly or something.

The guy has done some amazing feats, but he definitely seems as if he is on the spectrum.

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by Ntrails on Friday September 13, 2019 @11:07AM (#20962791)

> There was also that whole bit about how he thought he should break up with her because he didn't belay him properly or something.

Relationships have ended over a lot less than one person potentially ending the others career by being careless. It isn't a trivial thing where her technique was wrong, she fucking dropped him and he was lucky to only have a simple broken foot.

The more interesting quote to me was when talking about the guy they both knew who died free soloing. The gf said it must be awful for the wife, and Alex (iirc) said "well what did she expect?".

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by Ididntdothis on Friday September 13, 2019 @09:59AM (#20962190)

“as if he is on the spectrum.”

Which makes him relatable to me and probably quite a few other programmers.

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Re:Alex Honnold's next summit: the rest of his life by gadders on Friday September 13, 2019 @10:10AM (#20962297)

I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It is what it is. But I can see why that made him come across as cold towards his girlfriend.

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