I was a technical climber as a young man and just watched the amazing Alex Honnold free solo the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan.
Individual achievement is the bedrock of pushing the envelope in human creativity and innovation.
I think free solo is eventually going to kill all its practitioners but hats off to his superb athletic skill.
The death toll has taken free solo greats like Paul Preuss (1913), Derek Hersey (1993), and John Bachar (2009).
Alex is in my autistic tribe, obviously.
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I was a guest on a recent episode of "Don't Tread on Anyone" with Keith Knight.
