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WBraun
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Jan 16, 2015 - 03:55pm PT
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"You've done El Cap yourself, right? You've free climbed it? You know it well?"
He should have said; "No, but this spring I plan to take the "Go Climb a Rock class" .....
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Jan 16, 2015 - 04:36pm PT
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A little editing and that interview would be great!
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John M
climber
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Jan 16, 2015 - 05:12pm PT
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I'm betting that Honnlove is that little cuties nickname for Alex. She probably accidentally left it on her copy and sent it in to the copywriter.
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Guernica
climber
dark places
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Jan 16, 2015 - 05:22pm PT
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^ Yes John M, yes. Good call.
That was totally hilarious!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 16, 2015 - 05:34pm PT
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The casual "just cinch him in a backpack and tie him in separately" was classic.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 16, 2015 - 05:39pm PT
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"Seems like the obvious thing to do"
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Peter
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Jan 16, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
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"I would be rappelling, just like normal, but I would have a backpack, with a baby inside it."
Oh my god, I am dying watching this.
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 16, 2015 - 06:58pm PT
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Favorite interview ever. Total horror.
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Jan 16, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
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oh this was just pure awesome...
thanks for posting it.
my favourite:
"how do you get a baby to rapell down the ropes?"
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jan 16, 2015 - 07:40pm PT
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Funny interview but I have to say Alex was a class act throughout it.
Susan
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Jan 16, 2015 - 07:51pm PT
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That was painful....
Makes you wonder how uneducated reporters are about other stories.....like wars....
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jan 16, 2015 - 07:53pm PT
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Honlove?
Hey! that's why it's known as Eyewitless News.
Back in the mid last century in High School one of my buddies dreamed of an appointment to one of the military academies. Three or four of us completely manipulated the local press to get him in the paper and gain the attention of the local congresscritter.
Ain't no creature on earth much dumber than a reporter.
Even politicians can completely manipulate them and they generally are just slightly higher on the IQ quotient than a box of rocks.
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John M
climber
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Jan 16, 2015 - 08:01pm PT
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I know the media gets lots of things wrong, but some of you need to lighten up. She is a young reporter who obviously doesn't know anything about climbing. Thats not the end of the world, and to extrapolate outward that that means that every reporter knows nothing is just silly.
Its just friggen climbing.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 16, 2015 - 08:06pm PT
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Why the hell would anyone not a climber know anything about climbing?
We are a ridiculous group that takes ourselves WAAAAY too seriously.
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couchmaster
climber
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Jan 16, 2015 - 08:23pm PT
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Reporter to Honnold: "so..uhh....you've done El Cap yourself?"
LOL
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drapnea
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Jan 16, 2015 - 08:49pm PT
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The media rarely gets any story right. They just put up something as quickly as possible and air it so they can cover it before the competition. The more you know about stories in the news, the more you realize this.
I have to say though this was priceless...
Honnlove
Fritz
Baby in a backpack
Wildlife sighting
...priceless
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 16, 2015 - 08:50pm PT
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Why do I suddenly want to throw a baby in a Metolius 1/2 Dome and solo?
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LearningTrad
Trad climber
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Jan 16, 2015 - 09:11pm PT
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Why do I suddenly want to throw a baby in a Metolius 1/2 Dome and solo?
If you do that, I'll block your posts on Facebook.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 16, 2015 - 09:21pm PT
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Correspondent: There are caves?
Alex: Why, yes. Haven't you heard of the Batso Caves?
Correspondent: Tell us more about your wild life, Mr. Honnlove.
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Ikat
Social climber
Carson City
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Jan 16, 2015 - 09:47pm PT
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The inadvertently best interview ever.
Alex has to be credited for being so incredibly gracious, yet punking the reporter. He is a class act
I cannot stop laughing about this.
And I am not e-kat and I know it
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