Alex Honnold's Mindset on Climbing Taipei 101 LIVE

What are you most afraid of these days? You should definitely be aware that if you make a mistake, you're gonna die. I mean, I kind of prefer a sport like climbing where you basically never get injured, but you're always facing a tiny, tiny risk that you could die.

What do you think has helped you keep your mindset so clear under challenging situations?

I think there are a couple things. One is experience, like, being in situations like that, like, basically getting really scared and then managing to maintain some degree of self control when you're really scared is a bit of an acquired skill. You just have to get scared over and over. People ask all the time, like, oh, you know, you don't feel fear? I'm like, no, of course I feel fear. I've just gotten scared so much. You just get used to it.