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Free Solo Close Calls

Free Solo Close Calls

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 Join host Lucien Graves as he explores the razor-thin margin between triumph and tragedy in free solo climbing, where elite climbers ascend thousands of feet with no ropes or safety gear. Through close calls, neuroscience, and haunting tragedies, discover what separates mastery from catastrophe when fingertips are the only thing between you and the void.

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  • Free Solo Close Calls - Grip the edge of survival with Lucien Graves

    Free Solo Close Calls - Grip the edge of survival with Lucien Graves
    Apr 6 2026
    Host Lucien Graves examines the razor-thin moments between life and death in free solo climbing, where a single slip means a thousand-foot fall with no rope. Through forensic analysis of close calls, the neuroscience of extreme risk-taking, and defining tragedies, this series explores what drives climbers to dance with gravity itself.

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    1 min
  • Free Solo Close Calls - The Ones Who Didn't Come Home

    Free Solo Close Calls - The Ones Who Didn't Come Home
    Apr 6 2026
    Host Lucien Graves examines why elite free solo climbers rarely die on their hardest routes—but fall on familiar, moderate terrain. Through the tragic deaths of Derek Hersey, John Bachar, and Nathaniel Takatsuno, this episode explores the deadly gap between perceived and actual danger, how familiarity breeds complacency, and why the brain's threat-detection system fails when climbers stop being afraid of routes they've conquered before.

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    32 mins
  • Free Solo Close Calls - The Brain That Doesn't Flinch

    Free Solo Close Calls - The Brain That Doesn't Flinch
    Apr 6 2026
    Host Lucien Graves examines the neuroscience behind Alex Honnold's fearlessness in free solo climbing. Drawing on fMRI studies showing minimal amygdala activation, the episode explores how elite climbers regulate fear through prefrontal cortex dominance, meticulous visualization, and psychological discipline—revealing that fearlessness isn't absence of terror, but engineered control of it.

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    35 mins
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