That's so inspiring. Alex gives advice that might as well be about programming and the fear of starting a complex project. Don't look back or ahead, just this move is easy, this move is easy and you will get there!

this is good advice when situation is stable, but if you see storm is comimg, or there are other uncertanties, you must plan ahead or rush through. or have a backup plan, but yeah this is free soloing so no backup plan by design ;)

Honnold has mentioned that any fall he's made has always been his fault in retrospect. Throughout the linked video he underlines consistently mitigating risk & never getting yourself in a spot you aren't comfortable with

Some parallels if you look at hardcore mode in Diablo genre of games. Builds heavily emphasize safety & being able to slow down situations enough to react to unknown risks. Like how Honnold talks about how free soloing isn't gym climbing so you should always be taking it slow & keeping three points of contact, not leaping for holds

That's a really interesting and somewhat tension-causing experience to watch. Tension level increased once they switched to the go-pro.

Couldn’t even watch this video - I had to skip to the end. Way too stressful! The frank admissions of fear at the outset really set the tone and it just gets more intense from there. Insane.

and Honnold calls it light scrambling.

Great video. It shows how much climbing (and lot of other things) is in your head and your repeated experience. The route (5.9/5a/VI) must be laughably easy for Midtbø who climbs 5.15/9a/XI+ yet he is quite understandably fighting for life while Honnold is walking around, enjoying no-hand rests and recording. Gradual exposure takes some of the scariness away I guess.

Great video, thanks for sharing. I had the same feeling of my palms sweating during some of the shots.

It also sparked my interest for climbing, I'll give it a try for sure (with rope).