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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 ...
Climber Alex Honnold has been dreaming of free-soloing the 3,000 feet (900 m) rock wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a feat no one has performed.His choice of big wall climbing route on El Capitan is called Freerider, a route that was created by Alexander Huber in 1998, and which Honnold has completed several times with protection equipment.
Free Solo, a 2018 documentary film about Alex Honnold's free solo climb of Freerider 5.13a (7c+) on El Capitan. King Lines , a 2007 documentary film about Chris Sharma , featuring his free solo climb of the DWS route, Es Pontàs 9a+ (5.15a), in Mallorca .
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 ...
'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.
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 ...
In an interview with Tim Ferriss, Alex Honnold, the subject of the 2018 documentary film Free Solo, is asked who impresses him currently. Honnold mentions Marc-André Leclerc, a climber who is relatively unknown due to his elusive and low-profile nature. There is little video footage of Leclerc's climbs, because, as Honnold states, "He's just ...
Alex Honnold, the subject of "Free Solo" (2018), climbing on El Capitan's Freerider in Yosemite National Park. ... [2023]), or that Alex Honnold can climb El Cap without a rope and survive (in ...