Name Alex Honnold | Role Rock Climber Height 1.80 m | |
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Born August 17, 1985 (age 38) ( 1985-08-17 ) Occupation Professional rock climber Parents Charles Honnold, Dierdre Wolownick Honnold Similar People Tommy Caldwell, Dean Potter, Chris Sharma, Lynn Hill, Simone Moro Profiles | ||
Type of climber Free soloBig wall | ||
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Alex J. Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.
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- The north face alex honnold el sendero luminoso
- Fuel scrambling up mount superior with professional rock climber alex honnold
- Early life
- Climbing
- Awards
- Big Wall
- Bouldering
- Single Pitch
- Mountain
- Notable videos
- References
He is the only person to have free-solo climbed El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and has broken a number of speed records, most notably the only known solo climb (mostly free climbing with a few points of aid) of the Yosemite Triple crown, an 18-hour 50 minute link up of Mount Watkins, The Nose, and the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome. He and Hans Florine are the current record holders for the Nose with a climb time of 2:23:51. Honnold says that he likes tall, long routes and that he tries to do them quickly. He is the author of Alone on the Wall, a collaboration with David Roberts that details his climbing exploits.
Fuel scrambling up mount superior with professional rock climber alex honnold
Early life
Honnold was born in Sacramento, California. He started climbing when he was 11 years old. Upon graduating from the Mira Loma High School with a 4.7 GPA, he matriculated to the University of California Berkeley to study engineering. However, at the age of 19, he dropped out of school and has since devoted all his time to climbing.
Climbing
Honnold prefers big walls and sport climbing, but enjoys any climb calling for extreme commitment, Yosemite being his favorite area because of its impressive walls and favorable weather. Honnold lives out of his van, enabling him to follow the weather and climb all the time. Between climbs, he runs or hikes to maintain fitness. Honnold reports that he is inspired by such noted climbers as Peter Croft, John Bachar and Tommy Caldwell, and even more so by the stark simplicity and beauty of El Capitan.
Journalist Lara Logan interviewed Honnold as part of CBS 60 Minutes program airing on October 2, 2011. The episode had a television audience of 17 million viewers. In November 2011, Honnold and Hans Florine missed setting the record time on the Nose route on Yosemite's El Capitan by 45 seconds with a time of 2:37. On June 17, 2012, the two set a new record of 2:23:51 on that same route. He made the first free solo ascent of El Capitan on June 3, 2017, completing the 2,900 ft Freerider route in 3 hours 56 minutes.
Honnold is an avid reader, with interests in classic literature, environmentalism, and economics. He described himself as an atheist. In 2012 he started the Honnold Foundation which "seeks simple, sustainable ways to improve lives world-wide".
Awards
In 2010, Honnold was awarded the "Golden Piton" for his climbing achievements.