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Alex began his journey at 6:15 a.m. on Monday, October 10, climbing Tunnel Vision (5.7; 800 feet) and linking it to the top of White Rock Peak. After much discussion, and some reticence ...
Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 2,900-foot route Freerider at 5.13a, the first-ever big wall free solo ascent at that grade), [3] a climb described in The New York ...
After feeding the collective fear of heights with “Free Solo,” climber Alex Honnold sets his sights on tackling one of the highest unclimbed cliff faces on the planet, while delivering a ...
Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold is a 2024 television series that follows climber Alex Honnold on an expedition to ascend Ingmikortilaq, a 3,750 foot sea cliff in Greenland, one of the highest unclimbed cliff faces. [1] [2] [3]
An eclectic crew made the first ascents of a 3,750-foot 5.11- X and a 1,500-foot 5.12c while collecting data to inform climate-change scientists.
On January 15, 2014, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo the route, taking just over three hours. [2] On November 27, 2019, the American rock climber Brad Gobright fell approximately 300 meters to his death while descending from the route with his climbing partner, Aidan Jacobson, who fell between 20 and 30 meters but survived. [3 ...
Honnold and his climbing partner Hazel Findlay made it to the top of Ingmikortilaq on Aug. 16 ‘Free Solo’ Climber Alex Honnold Successfully Summits One of World’s Tallest Monoliths for ...
Free soloing is the most dangerous form of climbing, and, unlike bouldering, free soloists climb above safe heights, where a fall can be fatal. Though many climbers have free soloed climbing grades they are very comfortable on, only a tiny group free solo regularly, and at grades closer to the limit of their abilities. [2]