Honnold lives out of his van, spending less than a thousand dollars per month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold
Why?
by Simkin » Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:26 am
Honnold lives out of his van, spending less than a thousand dollars per month
by awilsondc » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:27 am
by Simkin » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:40 am
awilsondc wrote:Because he wants to. The guy likes climbing and being in the mountains. You can't be in the mountains if you're on sitting on your couch in the suburbs. Not the lifestyle I'd chose, but it seems pretty clear he is living his life like that on purpose. Looks like he's having a pretty good time doing it too.
by awilsondc » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:53 am
by Simkin » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:38 am
awilsondc wrote:I googled "Alex Honnold wealth". He's got plenty of money it would appear, you just don't need to spend much when you live out of a van.
by Dave B » Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:03 pm
by Simkin » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:37 pm
Dave B wrote:This is one of those questions where; if you have to ask, you probably won't understand the answer.
But, anyways, there is and always has been a strong undercurrent of minimalism in the climbing world. Why pay a couple hundred bucks a night for a hotel when you can sleep in you comfy van, with all of your stuff, at the trailhead.
Jump out of your van, go climbing > tourons and hotels
by Dave B » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:31 am
by WyomingSummits » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:33 pm
Simkin wrote:Dave B wrote:This is one of those questions where; if you have to ask, you probably won't understand the answer.
But, anyways, there is and always has been a strong undercurrent of minimalism in the climbing world. Why pay a couple hundred bucks a night for a hotel when you can sleep in you comfy van, with all of your stuff, at the trailhead.
Jump out of your van, go climbing > tourons and hotels
You can't camp at trailheads, only at campgrounds. When the temperature is good for climbing during the day, at night it is close to freezing. Getting out of the van and go to restroom is very uncomfortable. And using those shabby public showers is not pleasant either. It is not comparable to a minor discomfort of having to drive additional ten minutes from the hotel. So the only real reason is as you wrote "Why pay a couple hundred bucks," meaning that the climbers do not have much money. So my question was: why they don't have much money?
by Simkin » Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:37 pm
Dave B wrote:I don't want to judge or be a dick, but your worldview seems oddly comfort-centric to be contributing to a mountaineering forum.
Dave B wrote:Anyways, of course you can camp at trail heads. Maybe not major ones in the busiest national parks in the US, but you can certainly camp at many a trail head near many a climbing area.
Dave B wrote:As far as why don't climbers make more money? Dunno. Don't care. I'm inspired by Alex, Tommy, Renan, Jimmy, Conrad, Cedar, Chris, Aaron, Colin etc etc. for their commitment to the sport. The commitment in the absence of some desire for wealth is what is inspiring.
Dave B wrote:Professional climbing would only suffer from NFL/NBA type pay schedules, IMO.
by Marcsoltan » Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:39 pm
by Tonka » Tue Nov 03, 2015 11:49 pm
Marcsoltan wrote:C'mon people, this guy is pulling everybody's leg, I think so, I hope so!
by Simkin » Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:30 am
Tonka wrote:if he knew anything about it he'd get that Alex can certainly sleep in a hotel if he wanted
by CClaude » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:31 am
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