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Alex HonnoldAlex Honnold

Skydiving is scarier than free solo climbing

Skydiving is actually a good example... I found that pretty scary. I wasn't at all scared [climbing]. Skydiving... it's just so fast and frantic and... there's a lot of stimulus... you're like, Oh my God, I'm falling out of a plane. I think that's scary.

Subjective personal experience of fear.

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Oct 12, 2018
#7984
Big CatBig Cat

Eli Manning needs to retire

Sir, Eli Manning, sir. Please retire. I've seen enough. The Giants offensive line is bad, and it's the worst combo possible because the Giants offensive line is bad, and Eli Manning is also a Hall of Fame self-sacker. And he can't – he just – like, it's just not there.

Eli Manning played through the 2019 season before retiring in early 2020.
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Oct 12, 2018
#7985
Big CatBig Cat

Eli Manning is a better quarterback than Peyton Manning

Eli had a great career. Two Super Bowls. Yeah, beat Tom Brady. How did that happen? The better Manning. The better of the two Mannings. Easily, in my estimation. Never lost Super Bowl.

This is a subjective legacy argument, though most would disagree based on stats.
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Oct 12, 2018
#7986
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Saquon Barkley is the closest modern equivalent to Barry Sanders

Saquon Barkley is absolutely incredible. Breathtakingly so. He is as close to Barry Sanders as we're going to get in terms of that squatty body, huge-ass legs, makes everyone miss.

Barkley won Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2018 and has had a prolific, if injury-marred, career.

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I will likely never free solo at a high level again for the rest of my life

I don't know if I'll always be free-soloing at a high level. In fact, I mean, I doubt I'll be free-soloing at a high level my whole life... if I went the rest of my life without free soloing anything else at a high level, I'm sure I could still lead a happy life.

While he continues to climb, he has not attempted anything as high-stakes or famous as El Capitan without ropes since this interview.

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