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Alex Honnold and Others Talk About Fear

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In , from director Dina Khreino, climbers , , , and  explore their relationship with fear. The full film is available on iTunes, Vimeo, YouTube, and other on-demand platforms.

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Video Transcript

SUBJECT 1: There's a fine line between bad ass and dumb ass and it's not easy to recognize where that line is, but you know when you cross it. 

SUBJECT 2: All of these elements are there at once-- the rock, the water, the air, and the fire inside. 

SUBJECT 3: The rock doesn't discriminate. It's up to you to adapt yourself to the rock. 

SUBJECT 4: It's not normal to be 80 feet above your station and on a rope that's as thick as your finger. 

SUBJECT 5: I don't climb to pursue the typical adrenaline rush. Generally, that's not a part of rock climbing. If that happens, it's a bad thing. 

SUBJECT 6: I think it's a really, really fine line between life and death. We're so close to it all the time, we don't talk about it. 

SUBJECT 7: You know, I don't really want to fall to my death off the wall. I'm sort of hoping to die at 94, you know, with like a couple of grandkids. 

SUBJECT 8: That's a risk that I don't want to take. 

SUBJECT 9: Fear keeps me alive. 

SUBJECT 10: And the fear is telling me you are going above your ability. 

SUBJECT 11: We weren't even hoping to do the climb anymore. We were just hoping not to die. 

SUBJECT 3: It's a game that puts pressure on people to think about what are they going to post today, instead of what am I going to climb today. 

SUBJECT 12: In a split second, it can go from an amazing day to the worst day of your life. 

SUBJECT 13: There is a very serious consequence. You can get really injured or you can die. 

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