Alex Honnold
Sign in to saveAlexander J Honnold is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big wall climbing routes. 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 880-metre (2,900 ft) route Freerider at grade 5.13a, the first-ever big-wall free-solo ascent at that grade, a climb described in The New York Times as "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever".
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- Born
- 1985-08-17
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Parks 2
- Allein in der Wand
- Solo en la pared
- Alone on the Wall
- Alone on the Wall : The Definitve First-Person Account of Alex Honnold's Free Solo Ascent of the Iconic 3,000 Foot El-Capitan
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Key dates
- Born
- 17 August 1985
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alex
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sacramento
- Occupation
- podcaster
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- bouldering