Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American big wall Salath Wall , and a 5h49m ascent of the 3,000 ft. Nose of El Capitan , a route normally demanding two to four days.
Honnold was born in Sacramento, California , graduating from Mira Loma High School , started climbing when he was 11 years old. At the age of 19 he dropped out of sport climbing , but enjoys any climb calling for extreme commitment, being his favorite area because of its impressive walls and unbeatable weather.
Honnold found inspiration from such noted climbers as Peter Croft , John Bachar and El Capitan .
At a ceremony in Salt Lake City on January 24, 2010, Honnold was awarded the "Golden Piton" for his climbing achievements.
Journalist Lara Logan interviewed Honnold as part of CBS 60 Minutes program airing on October 2, 2011.
Selected notable climbsFreerider in in one day in May 2007 when he was 21 years old.
Salathe Wall in Yosemite Valley in October 2008.
Bushido and Hong Kong Phooey, in , between 9 and 11 March 2008.
Free solo of Heaven (5.12d) and Comsic Debris (5.13b) in Yosemite National Park
Second ascent of Ambrosia ; repeat of Kevin Jorgeson's highball boulder problem Ambrosia (V11) in Bishop, California.
Free solo of The Phoenix, the USA's first 5.13a.
Free solo of Chouinard-Herbert in Yosemite National Park.
Free solo of Separate Reality and The Crucifix in Yosemite National Park.
Free solo of Freeway in Squamish.
Free solo of Original Route and Prince of Darkness in Red Rocks, NV.
Free solo of Astroman and Rostrum in Yosemite Valley in one day in September 2007, becoming the second person after Peter Croft (1987) to do so. Dean Potter made the only other known free solo of Astroman.
Free solo of Moonlight Buttress on 1 April 2008.
Free solo of the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome on 6 September 2008.
Repeats of Parthian Shot, New Statesman, Meshuga (solo), an onsight of Gaia (and subsequently repeated it solo), and an onsight solo of London Wall during a trip to England at the end of 2008.
ReferencesAlex Honnold Solos Half Dome and El Capitan in 11 Hours from About.com
Alex Honnold from Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd
cbsnews.com
Honnold'S Yosemite Year: A Free-Climbing Extravaganza from Alpinist.com
Honnold Rapid-Fires Two Desert-Crack Testpieces from Climbing.com
More Solos in Yosemite by Alex Honnold from climbingnarc.com
Alex Honnold Gets the 2nd Ascent of Ambrosia from dpmclimbing.com
from climbing.com
Alex Honnold free solos two big wall classics in a day from RockClimbing.com
Honnold Makes a High-Stakes Solo in Zion from Climbing.com
from Alpinist.com
Alex Honnold climbing interview from PlanetMountain.com
Onsight of Gaia video from
National Geographic
No Strings Attached article from
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