Black Diamond Presents: Next Go For Sure with Alex Honnold

It's pretty sick up there. We're going up the mountain. It looks so far up to the wall, but actually now that we're driving closer, it looks slightly less far. Yeah. Huh, if that's actually the crack, that would be really impressive. What's up, Nick? What up? How you doing, man? Welcome to the day. I rallied Nick to climb the most heinous... Alex Honnold, so I can just belay him all day long. Oh no, you're going to have to prep the route for me, and then I can try to do it. Oh yeah? Okay. Yeah, I'm going to go and... That sounds more like our roles in life, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Route prepper, route sender. Alex gets all the fame, and everyone else, you know, just gets stomped on. It's all part of the plan. Where are we going today? Today we are trying to check out this crack. I don't even know if it has a name. The East Face or the whatever. It's some 13B finger crack that's way up at the top of that mountain. And, uh, I don't know. It's just, we'll see what it's all about. We'll see if we can find it. If not, we're going nature hiking. This is like college, isn't it? For mobility, you gotta, like, get your leg above your head and stomp these fuckers down. There was a chance that I was going to put my balls, like, straight in your... I don't know, you know, if there's any balls I want in my face, I don't think they're yours. Oh, come on. They're a little too large. Uh, yeah, yeah, that's the problem. They're more like, you know, wrecking balls. I prefer some, like, nice, elegant balls, you know? Ow. Can I take him? Yeah. Holy ****. Oh, God, dude. Oh, no. It's pretty, like, crossly in a lot of it. And so, you're just like, holy ----, that hurts. Take him. Can I take this? Can everybody see that? I placed a piece. Yeah, that's pretty good. Ow. How's it feel, Alex? Next go for you. You're going to have to change your nickname, dude. Big deal? No. Alex, uh, next go for sure. Alex, next go for sure. Oh, yeah. Found a grip? Yeah, I found a grip. Yeah, basically you just have to do, like, ten moves of extreme pain to get this one hold. And then... Oh, this is sick. Nice, dude. You're going to get to that. You look like you're on top rope, though. Oh, my God. Oh, wow, that was cool. Hey, John is here. Dude, I was like, I got kind of gripped. You're doing all this ---- in the face, under the sun, and then, like, the top. I couldn't find the anchor. I was like, oh, my God. That was adventurous. Nice job, dude, getting up there. Yeah, I think it is all pretty good, though. How's it feel? Um, yeah, I think it's okay. It's not, like, that hard physically, I don't think. It's pretty painful. And it probably builds a little pump. And it's just hard to place the gear in there because you're dangling your legs. Yeah, I got, like, a couple cuts. I think this is where I broke that hole and then, like, shock loaded it. And then... It's a really good exfoliant. Just like the approach. Yeah. It's also a terrific exfoliant. Yeah. All right, we are here on some mountain above Tahoe, climbing the east face of some feature that we've never heard of and don't know the... I don't even think it really has a name. This is some 13b finger crack way up above Eagle Lake or above Lake Tahoe. And we're just checking out this supposed hard crack. And it turns out it is really cool. It's pretty hard. It's pretty painful. And, yeah, we're all going to do it. It's going to be great. We'll see if my pain tolerance is up to par today. Maybe I should actually take some ibuprofen, huh? You should have taken it an hour ago. Yeah. Psyche. Alex made it look so dreamy, you know? It's hard to see because I got so much ******* lichen in my face. Did you? This is a sick video, training in the garage and eight climbing. I was like, I'm getting ready for my all-cap season. This is kind of okay, but if it locks at all, then you're fucked. Not a whole take. Oh, God. This is kind of extreme. All right, take there. Cheek and heel. You want your right hand at the very top of that thing in this nice V-notch, pretty good constriction lock thing. All right. It's actually pretty good climbing. This is actually a sick slung knob. It's a good read. Hard. That's kind of what we all expected. You can take there. Yeah. My hands are so sweaty right now. Okay, you can take there. That's a nice sequence for that. Good. You can use a left heel or just go. Nice, dude. It's a nice little foot chip. I feel like this edge is about to come off. I'm dirty. All right, take, dude. I'm on a really dirty patch with my left. ****, take. That's what I get coming out with the Trad Dads. Yeah. Pretty much, yeah. Maybe we'll do this in order of things that I'm going to place. Yeah, I would. Okay, so this is going this direction. Yeah. And you place it off the right hand, right? I honestly don't really know. I think you could do either or. So then what's the next one? The next one is the 0.3, 0.4 offset? No, the 0.4, 0.5 offset. Yeah, 0.4, 0.5. You got them so chalky you can't even find them. I know, yeah. They all just look great. And then after that, that's your last piece until after the crimp move. Really? Yeah. That's kind of scary. Oh, yeah, I need a 0.4 for the top. Yeah. I'll save that one there. Crack master. Let's see it. Show us how it's done. Yeah, I'll try to make it look really easy. Really inspire us for a burn. Mm-hmm. Well, yeah, because if I come down with all my fingers bleeding, you guys will be like, let's go home. Yeah. Everyone will be like, nah, we're good. If I, like, lose one finger in a terrible accident. Yeah. Come on. Come on, Alex. Right on you, dude. Ah! Come on. Yeah. Go to your feet. Look for the knob. There you are. Come on. Go get it, dude. Yes. Come on. There it is. Right with you, dude. Come on. Yes, dude. Come on. Really good. Right on you, dude. Come on. Really good. Come on, man. That's it. Good job. Come on. Right with you. Come on. Right with you, dude. Come on. I'm with you, dude. Come on. Okay. Nice job, dude. Thanks, dude. Had to, like, majorly improvise that middle part because I was blocking the... The gear was blocking the handhold. Oh, ****. So, like, did you see all that? I, like, took the gear back out, switched the hands, did the whole thing. It was, like, desperado. Good, dude. Come on. Good job, dude. I was taking my time up here. I'm, like, wicked flash-bumped. Yeah, no. Take as much time as you need. First going, this was all in full sun with no chalk. I was, like, oh, my God. You know, I'm, like, oh, this is actually pretty... pretty delightful. Right there. Not staring into the sun at all grip. Oh, that's exciting. You know, the most amazing thing is that I'm not even bleeding from anything. Bam. Psyched. Nice work. Thanks. Nice work. Yeah. Smashed it. Yeah, I'm really proud that I didn't panic and I just took the piece back out, switched my hands around, did the whole thing. I just, like, held the piece in my mouth and then waited until I was above it and then put it back in. Yeah. I was, like, I don't think I've ever done that. Nice work. Yeah. No blood, no tears. So psyched. No tears. Well, we haven't... We need to go back down the mountain eventually. There might be blood and tears. Yeah, well, they'll definitely be cursing. Okay, well, we're here at the All-American Finger Crack, some classic 5.9 that we walked past on the way up here, so I feel like I need to at least give it a go since we're here because I'm definitely never walking up here again. And it's so scenic and it's nice. I'm kind of like, you know. This is kind of amazing.