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Um, do you think my amygdala actually just doesn't work or something?
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Um, do you think my amygdala actuallyjust doesn't work or something?

Um, do you think my amygdala actually
just doesn't work or something?

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Um, do you think my amygdala actually just doesn't work or something?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
106
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:17
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure, sport
Production
National Geographic Documentary Films,Little Monster Films,Itinerant Media,Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation

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Movie Summary

Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.
Things that are typically stimulating for most of the rest of us are - Free Solo 00:07
Things that are typically stimulating for most of the rest o...
Maybe my amygdala's just tired you know - Free Solo 00:07
Maybe my amygdala's just tired you know
I'm feeling quite fit, but, um, there's such a mental component to free soloing. - Free Solo 00:05
I'm feeling quite fit, but, um, there's such a men...
The big challenge is controlling your mind I guess - Free Solo 00:16
The big challenge is controlling your mind I guess
The big challenge is controlling your mind, I guess. - Free Solo 00:06
The big challenge is controlling your mind, I guess.
Because you're not, you're not controlling your fear, you're sort of just trying - Free Solo 00:06
Because you're not, you're not controlling your fe...
Oh, no, woo, sorry, Alex! - Free Solo 00:04
Oh, no, woo, sorry, Alex!
And when people talk about trying to suppress your fear, I mean, - Free Solo 00:07
And when people talk about trying to suppress your fear, I m...
I try to expand my comfort zone by practicing the moves over and over again. - Free Solo 00:05
I try to expand my comfort zone by practicing the moves over...
I try to expand my comfort zone by practicing the moves over and over again - Free Solo 00:09
I try to expand my comfort zone by practicing the moves over...
I work through the fear, until it's just not scary anymore. - Free Solo 00:04
I work through the fear, until it's just not scary anym...
Oh, so slippery. - Free Solo 00:04
Oh, so slippery.
But, um, for years Freeblast has given me the heebie-jeebies. - Free Solo 00:05
But, um, for years Freeblast has given me the heebie-jeebies...
You're standing on tiny edges, small variations in the texture of the rock. - Free Solo 00:07
You're standing on tiny edges, small variations in the ...
You're standing on tiny edges small variations in the texture of the rock - Free Solo 00:25
You're standing on tiny edges small variations in the...
If you slip, your hands can't hold you. - Free Solo 00:05
If you slip, your hands can't hold you.
It's just the two tiny points of contact that keep you from falling, and - Free Solo 00:09
It's just the two tiny points of contact that keep you ...
It's like, it looks so much better today than yesterday, but we'll see. - Free Solo 00:07
It's like, it looks so much better today than yesterday...
I probably fell about 30 feet. - Free Solo 00:04
I probably fell about 30 feet.
We're up there, we're roped up, Sanni's belaying me, and then I just fell off, - Free Solo 00:06
We're up there, we're roped up, Sanni's belay...