I always thought one particular line was interesting:
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?
No, almost certainly not. For example, if you are in stop-and-go traffic on a highway, and as long as the visibility is good and the road has good traction, you could drive for literally hundreds of years straight before reaching 1 mean expected death from the driving. If you fall asleep in those conditions and are driving a modern car, the car is likely to be damaged but you probably won't die. I don't have numbers for free soloing, but if you pass out, you will die with a high confidence.
“Experienced climber”? Magnus in his prime was one of the best climbers in the world, could have probably out-climbed Hanold at his best. Not just an experienced climber.
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
I don't mean to downplay Magnus's achievements but wasn't he really more of a gym/comp climber? It's kind of a different sport. I don't think Magnus was ever as good on rock as Alex
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)
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.