Imagine being asked to pull off an athletic feat so difficult that only a few people in the entire world could even do it under any circumstances.
Then being told that if you make a single mistake, at any point, you will die.
And that you'll have to compete, absolutely perfectly, for FOUR HOURS.
Climb a 3200 foot high sheer vertical cliff, no ropes, no gear, in less than four hours. And if you get just a little nervous, your hands sweat, you die.
I just can't imagine something as uniquely incredible as what Alex Honnold does.