00:07so how did I get here it's a long story one big smile I took my daughter to a
00:18marathon and I watched everybody coming in from the finish line I was thinking
00:24wow they look so happy I want to know what that feels like when I realized that the whole world
00:32was looking at this young white male Alex climbing this wall and that his mother spoke seven languages
00:40played at least three instruments was a painter artist had lived in Japan and it was a prolific
00:48writer I thought why why isn't society naturally looking at this remarkable human being
00:55I'm very pleasantly surprised by what mom has done in the second half of her life
01:00I decided that okay well maybe this is my chance to have a life
01:05you can learn so much from copying the masters in whatever endeavor three weeks I think after
01:12Alex did his incredible free solo climb of El Capitan he led me up El Cap
01:18climbing is 100% you against you and nobody else
01:24only you know what you're capable of and you'll never find out if you don't try it
01:31you
