I grew up at the south entrance so it was always there. Yosemite is the most insane meca for climbing and El Cap is the best wall in the world. I climbed the nose for my first time in 96 and we were the party in front of Erik Weihenmayer, the blind climber. We topped out and there was a news crew there who interviewed us before Erik topped out. Such a wild experience for my first Elcap route. Alex is a psycho but also the least fearful climber in the world and he has been tested to show he has a much lower stress response than most every other human.