Mike Geraci - FreeRange Media

“And it’s an interesting question, I think, whether the press and Honnold’s sponsors are enabling someone who has demonstrated a very strong willingness to kill himself.  Last week ABC news agreed to broadcast Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Niagara Falls only if he wore a safety harness.  Athletes like Honnold are always pushing the limits of what can be done, of what calculated risk actually means.  But what responsibility do journalists and sponsors have to insist that risk-takers like Honnold afford themselves even the least bit of room for error?”