How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear | ReThinking with Adam Grant
In 2017, Alex Honnold did what even the world\u2019s best rock climbers thought was impossible. He climbed to the top of El Capitan\u2013 a granite rock mountain more than 3,000 feet high\u2013 without a rope, harness, or net. His audacious feat was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary \u201cFree Solo,\u201d and it left Adam Grant with some burning questions about what we can learn from his unique approach to managing fear. In this episode of ReThinking, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective, Alex opens up about how he regulates his emotions when he\u2019s hanging on by just a few fingers, what still scares him, and how he stays motivated to pursue ambitious goals. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG2. And for more conversations on how the world\u2019s most interesting people think, follow ReThinking with Adam Grant wherever you're listening to this.