Twenty-three-year-old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free soloing to new heights. He ventures ropeless up the mind-bending walls of Moonlight Buttress (5.12+, 1000 ft) and The North Face of Half Dome (5.12, 2000 ft).
Up Next in Alex Honnold Through the Years
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Honnold 3.0
Upping the ante, Alex Honnold free solos The Phoenix (5.13) and the first ascent of Too Big to Flail (v11) before taking on the Yosemite Triple --Mt. Watkins, El Cap, and Half Dome all by himself in a day.
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A Line Across the Sky
Alex Honnold joins forces with Tommy Caldwell to take on The Fitz Roy Traverse - a gnarly alpine journey across seven jagged summits and 13,000 vertical feet of climbing, a quest that earned them the Piolet d'Or.
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The Nose Speed Record
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell team up to steal the coveted speed record on El Cap's Nose from two scrappy locals - Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds. Their ultimate goal is to climb the entire 3,000+ feet in under 2 hours.
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