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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]
“Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold” works on both levels (one of them really high up), while making viewers appreciate sitting on a flat, stable surface.
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 ...
“Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold” centers on the rock climber as he climbs Ingmikortilaq, a formidable sea cliff in Greenland that has no known climbers. In the trailer, Honnold pants heavily ...
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.
The Ivory Game, Sea of Shadows and Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold were all produced in association with Malaika Pictures. [5] In 2020, Richard Ladkani became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Documentary Branch, which awards the Oscars every year. [10] [11]
With Jack Geldard, she made the first ascent of the front face of the Aiguille de Saussure, a spire in the Mont Blanc massif, Chamonix, France, also in 2012. [11] In 2022, along with Alex Honnold, she made a first free ascent of Ingmikortilaq, a 3,750-foot wall and one of the world’s tallest monoliths, in Greenland. [12]
'Free Solo' star Alex Honnold saw the effects of climate change in his climbing career. He started the Honnold Foundation to invest in solar energy.