I'm side-eyeing that everyone in that article thought you were doing something weird and him peeping in people's windows was just a normal thing to do. If anyone has a right to privacy it would be you. He's literally asking to be looked at.
i have no idea tbf, i recall on Alain Robert's IG page (it's the name of the french dude) a video of him reaching the top of a skyscreaper and telling the officer something along the line of i know you are here to arrest but don't stand close to the edge as i need to be on solid ground before i can be arrested. i don't think he have many limitations tho
A few years back I was living in Urby in Jersey City. It’s like 1:30 a.m., I’m in my apartment, and suddenly there’s a guy outside my window on the 21st floor.
I realize it’s Alex Honnold free-soloing the damn building, so obviously I do the only reasonable thing: take a selfie with him through the glass.
Months later I’m reading this New Yorker piece about the climb and see this line:
“One dude took a selfie with me at one of the windows on the twenty-first floor. I gave him the thumbs up. It was kind of a weird deal. His girlfriend seemed deeply uncomfortable.”
That was me 😂
First pic is the selfie from that night, second is a daytime shot of the building. Third is the article where I'm mentioned. Here’s the article!
This is wild man. The odds of this happening are unreal. you being awake that late at night, and being a fan of his, and you noticing. Being up that late i would be on my pc and gaming with headphones on, i could have never noticed
I think that the first thing i noticed was a nipple outside the window. took a sec to understand what i was looking at... literally the last thing id expect to see out there lmao
"It was kind of a weird deal, his girlfriend was deeply uncomfortable" yeah no shit Alex, I wonder why? Could it have been because there was some strange, half-naked man outside their 21st floor window at 2am?
Yes, it's weird to have a shirtless someone looking into your high rise apartment at 2 a.m. Someone was being weird here, but it wasn't your girlfriend.
My respect for Alex Honnold multiplied when he spoke about freaking out. It showed he wasn't a psychopath, but just an ordinary neurotic like the rest of us, and that makes his solo climbing even more impressive.
His threshold for freaking out is remarkably high though of course. I remember a few years ago seeing a video of another professional climber free soloing with him & the guy started freaking out surprisingly early. Hannold was like ‘dude we barely even started…’
That looks right! I might be misremembering it a bit but I remember my main takeaway being that what Hannold does is insane even by the standards of professional climbers.
Magnus never soloed before, he is not much of a big wall climber either, more of a boulderer than anything else. Doing that is a bit of fish out of water for him. Honnold’s logic is, he will take anyone that can climb 5.14 - very very very hard - out soloing. When you climb that hard as long as you are not losing your mind there is basically zero chance of them falling on a 5.8 even if a hold break. Honnold needs to be chill and guide them through.
I loved it. 3/4ths of my walls were windows with a view of the skyline. It was a fantastic place to live for a few years but i moved out in 2020 during Covid and bought a house. Living in an apartment with an elevator during a pandemic was not chill whatsoever.
Years back I was at a Henry Rollins show and he was telling a story about an interaction he'd had with a couple fans in the area many years prior. As the story was going, I started cracking up when I realised my brother had told me that exact story when I was a kid, the fans were indeed my brother and his friends. There is photographic evidence of the interaction that I tried to send to Hank after the show, but he never responded.
I dunno man. Alex Honnold is pretty jacked, and in that picture he looks very ordinary. If he’s in the middle of climbing a high rise, I’d expect his jackedness to be on full display even when he’s extending. Fake picture?
If you had told me before I watched Free Solo that one of the most nerve-wracking things I would ever watch on TV was a documentary about a guy climbing a hige rock, I would have laughed.
Just a mind-blowing, amazing film about a rare human being!
"I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing"
I'm side-eyeing that everyone in that article thought you were doing something weird and him peeping in people's windows was just a normal thing to do. If anyone has a right to privacy it would be you. He's literally asking to be looked at.
its ironic that if it were just some normal guy it would be a crime and a crisis lol.
It's still a crime. There is french guy that was known as the french spiderman and he was arrested every time before being released
what do you think the statute of limitations is on this spiderman-esq caper? its been over 7 years lol
i have no idea tbf, i recall on Alain Robert's IG page (it's the name of the french dude) a video of him reaching the top of a skyscreaper and telling the officer something along the line of i know you are here to arrest but don't stand close to the edge as i need to be on solid ground before i can be arrested. i don't think he have many limitations tho
It was certainly a crime at the time, being a small-time niche celebrity doesn't allow you to break the law without committing a crime.
A few years back I was living in Urby in Jersey City. It’s like 1:30 a.m., I’m in my apartment, and suddenly there’s a guy outside my window on the 21st floor.
I realize it’s Alex Honnold free-soloing the damn building, so obviously I do the only reasonable thing: take a selfie with him through the glass.
Months later I’m reading this New Yorker piece about the climb and see this line:
“One dude took a selfie with me at one of the windows on the twenty-first floor. I gave him the thumbs up. It was kind of a weird deal. His girlfriend seemed deeply uncomfortable.”
That was me 😂
First pic is the selfie from that night, second is a daytime shot of the building. Third is the article where I'm mentioned. Here’s the article!
Hey, it's that one guy!
I realize not many people know about this, but i'm a huge fan of his. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience lol.
This is wild man. The odds of this happening are unreal. you being awake that late at night, and being a fan of his, and you noticing. Being up that late i would be on my pc and gaming with headphones on, i could have never noticed
Wait so did you have any idea he’d be doing this?
No clue lol
I wonder how many times I thought there was a squirrel or bird on my roof but it was actually Alex Honnold
Was your girlfriend 'deeply uncomfortable'?
She wasn’t “deeply uncomfortable” but more like stunned and amazed. It was such a surreal thing to see at 2 a.m. that high up.
Just some guy casually peeking through your windows at 2 a.m. no biggy.
Just some guy. Casually peeking through your window. On the 21st floor. With no patio or railing.
I’d be deeply uncomfortable, some eldritch being is floating outside my window in the guise of a human being.
I think that the first thing i noticed was a nipple outside the window. took a sec to understand what i was looking at... literally the last thing id expect to see out there lmao
I think I would just laugh hysterically. Then refuse to acknowledge reality
From birth till guy outside out 21st floor window. You always notice the nipple first.
Hahaha to think that's one fear you never had, living that high will never feel safe again
Oddball names don't really surprise me anymore.
Does being shirtless help him climb better?
how would i know, im a never nude.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!
Stizzzy, you blowhard!
You've given me the confidence to be myself when I send my next project. Dozens of us!
Shirts are aid anyway
He uses his cock as a hook I'd guess
So that's what clockrings are for!
The fact that he did this at 1:30 AM takes this over the line into major creep territory. Im sure your gf was uncomfortable. I sure would be
This is wild. OP you win the internet today 🏆
I actually watched Free Solo yesterday, so this is extra exciting for me!! I get sweaty palms even imagining it.
...why is he shirtless?
He's a climber, that's their default state.
You can't climb hard with a shirt on. It's known.
Same with a really hefty bowel movement. You just gotta.
Been a'many'a shirts haphazardly shed while sitting on the throne.
I tried once with a shirt and had a serious injury. Rookie mistake
Shirts are aid
V3 in my gym
Steve-O just likes to be shirtless.
The front fell off
Can't look creepy at the 21st floor window with a shirt on.
Shirts can snag on things, shirt drag etc.
Why not?
If he had a benie on he would have been of those boulder climber
Imagine you’re getting dressed and this dude casually climbs to your floor and has to stop to powder his hands 😂
i actually think that the FIRST thing i noticed outside was a nipple. my brain was like.... huh? and i backed up and saw the rest of him lol.
😂
Time to pull out the old goatse move
"It was kind of a weird deal, his girlfriend was deeply uncomfortable" yeah no shit Alex, I wonder why? Could it have been because there was some strange, half-naked man outside their 21st floor window at 2am?
Yes, it's weird to have a shirtless someone looking into your high rise apartment at 2 a.m. Someone was being weird here, but it wasn't your girlfriend.
My respect for Alex Honnold multiplied when he spoke about freaking out. It showed he wasn't a psychopath, but just an ordinary neurotic like the rest of us, and that makes his solo climbing even more impressive.
His threshold for freaking out is remarkably high though of course. I remember a few years ago seeing a video of another professional climber free soloing with him & the guy started freaking out surprisingly early. Hannold was like ‘dude we barely even started…’
Wasn't Magnus Midtbø was it?
That looks right! I might be misremembering it a bit but I remember my main takeaway being that what Hannold does is insane even by the standards of professional climbers.
Oh absolutely, he's one in a generation climber, if that. More Michael Phelps than Michael Schumacher.
Free soloing is considered a big no no.
Magnus never soloed before, he is not much of a big wall climber either, more of a boulderer than anything else. Doing that is a bit of fish out of water for him. Honnold’s logic is, he will take anyone that can climb 5.14 - very very very hard - out soloing. When you climb that hard as long as you are not losing your mind there is basically zero chance of them falling on a 5.8 even if a hold break. Honnold needs to be chill and guide them through.
Which he was very much so with Magnus.
He's not the same as us. We're not risking the lives of people. He will when he falls down, if not hitting anyone, definitely traumatising.
Seriously?
Shouldn’t this be an AMA?
What more is there to ask?
The article was like seven years ago, is he still with the girl?
He says he was a huge fan, so how did he first hear about him?
Alex is a legend in the climbing community, so that's always a chance. He's always the subject matter of an excellent documentary, "Free Solo"
What is OP's Social Security and Credit Card number?
Did he offer Alex anything to eat or drink?
Was he tempted to fuck with Alex in order to break his concentration and cause him to fall?
Was he really on the 21st floor? How could the climber remember that?
There was a big 21
I lowkey dread the day I get a breaking news alert about Honnold's death from a fall. Hope he keeps climbing.
He did fall a few times, not from very high tho
same
Did you hang out with him?
nah i got the selfie and let him keep cruisin. I did not want to waste the time of a man clinging to the side of a skyscraper lol.
LOL
huh. I definitely thought this was gonna end with the dude going splat
how often do you whip this out as a conversation piece?
I had the article and the photo put together in a shadowbox frame in my office so it does come up from time to time lol.
The urby is across from my office; I toured a unit once but couldn’t get over how much space the columns took up. How did you like living there?
I loved it. 3/4ths of my walls were windows with a view of the skyline. It was a fantastic place to live for a few years but i moved out in 2020 during Covid and bought a house. Living in an apartment with an elevator during a pandemic was not chill whatsoever.
Heres my dog and a view out my bedroom window.
What happened with the girl?
I married her in 2023.
Attaboy!
That's kind of a trip, isn't it?
Years back I was at a Henry Rollins show and he was telling a story about an interaction he'd had with a couple fans in the area many years prior. As the story was going, I started cracking up when I realised my brother had told me that exact story when I was a kid, the fans were indeed my brother and his friends. There is photographic evidence of the interaction that I tried to send to Hank after the show, but he never responded.
i love stories like this lol.
I dunno man. Alex Honnold is pretty jacked, and in that picture he looks very ordinary. If he’s in the middle of climbing a high rise, I’d expect his jackedness to be on full display even when he’s extending. Fake picture?
I guess you'd have to ask the man himself.
Was your girlfriend deeply uncomfortable?
She wasn’t “deeply uncomfortable” but more like stunned and amazed. It was such a surreal thing to see at 2 a.m. that high up.
Rude bastard, you should have let him in 😁
Haha amazing
Best thing I ever saw at Lincoln IMAX was the doc about him Free Solo in 2018. Was the first thing I ever saw on that screen. Was so amazing.
Can anyone explain whats up with Alex's eyes? Something about them are off
Was he fully nude? Looks like he’s tripping balls!!
did he catch you on the act and why is he shirtless at night? was he trying to join in?
If you had told me before I watched Free Solo that one of the most nerve-wracking things I would ever watch on TV was a documentary about a guy climbing a hige rock, I would have laughed.
Just a mind-blowing, amazing film about a rare human being!
You're The Dude
"I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing"