I watched Free Solo with Joe and Pete tonight, and holy cow, it was kind of stressful. I mean, I knew the ending: he doesn't get eaten by the eels at this time. I read the NYT coverage of the story when he made the ascent. But! Whoa! The degree of exposure just did not come through on the page the way it does on the screen.
My boys are plotting their next outdoor climbing trips. I am thinking more about the workings of Alex Honnold's brain. The world is a wide strange place, is it not?
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