https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI
One legendary climber pressures an experienced climber in to a high danger situation. It’ll make you about as uncomfortable as a SFW video can.
Magnus: "I'm worried I might pass out, fall and die" Alex: "If passed out in your car on the highway here, you'd still be dead".
Just an interesting perspective on danger. If we were to run the numbers, am I safer as Alex free climbing a wall as I am Regular Bob driving on a highway to work?
That being said, it’s a really interesting look into the mental side of doing scary things bc it’s really a very easy climb for magnus
edit: I'm wrong, Midtbo apparently climbed a 5.15b. I think Alex's hardest climb was 5.13d, but he also primarily pushes the limits on trad, so it's still not a straight comparison. For context, the hardest trad climb ever done is 5.14d which is 3 grades away from the hardest sport climb ever confirmed (5.15c)