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Squarespace 7 Presents: Alex Honnold
October 9, 2014

Alex Honnold Soloing Heaven (5.12d)

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September 3, 2014

Honnold Free Solos Squamish's University Wall

Alex Honnold has been keeping busy up in Squamish, soloing 290 pitches for his 29th birthday on August 17th and then soloing University Wall on The Chief : This August 25, Honnold...

August 19, 2014

Alex Honnold And The Relativity Of Risk

Alex Honnold, writing for Alpinist about his free solo of El Sendero Luminoso : That meant five more people who'd flown down and who were now waiting for me to solo a big wall. And...

Dewar's White Label "Live true" / Alex Honnold
June 18, 2014

Alex Honnold - Live True

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dayinhonnold
March 28, 2014

Alex Honnold - A Day In The Life

Everyone knows Alex Honnold for his big, bold free solos in Yosemite and around the world. But what does an average day look like for this rock (climbing) star? Well, it starts ear...

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February 13, 2014

Alex Honnold - El Sendero Luminoso

On January 15, 2014, Alex Honnold free-soloed El Sendero Luminoso (The Shining Path) in El Portrero Chico, Mexico in a little over 3 hours. The climb rises 2,500 feet to the summit...

February 12, 2014

Man Makes History By Climbing 1,500-Foot El Sendero Luminoso With No Net

Not The Onion : In January, Honnold made history by becoming the first person to ever scale El Sendero Luminoso (Mexico) without the help of other climbers or safety equipment. Tha...

February 11, 2014

Steven Roth & Ethan Pringle Go Big

Alex Honnold's boulder problem free solo Too Big To Flail , which was featured in 2012's Reel Rock 7, has seen a lot of action of late. First up was Lonnie Kauk who repeated the pr...

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February 6, 2014

Teaser: Alex Honnold's El Sendero Luminoso Free Solo

On January 15th, 2014 Alex Honnold made the first-ever free solo ascent of El Sendero Luminoso, a 1500-foot big wall in Monterrey, Mexico, rated 5.12d. This is a raw, slo-mo clip f...

January 23, 2014

El Sendero Luminoso Q & A With Alex Honnold

Alpinist caught up with Alex Honnold for a little Q & A about his recent free solo of El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico: I used to be scared of spiders but I kind of...

January 16, 2014

Like A Ballerina

Alex Honnold, after soloing the sustained 1,500+ ft. 5.12 El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico: “It felt pretty straight forward,” he says. “Once I started up, I was lik...

November 13, 2013

More On Alex Honnold's Skyscraper Climb

Me , back in July when it was announced that Alex Honnold would be soloing a building on live TV this fall 1 : Then again, Honnold has always struck me as being rather pragmatic an...

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November 12, 2013

Behind The Scenes Of Alex Honnold's Free Solo During Goal Zero Commercial

Check out the behind the scenes footage of Alex Honnold's free solo of Fine Jade. He free-solos Fine Jade in just 8 minutes. Check out how he stays powered up and connected on his...

sufferfest1
November 5, 2013

Alex Honnold And Cedar Wright's Worst Trip Ever | The Sufferfest, Ep. 1

Follow Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright on an ambitious human-powered adventure to summit all of California's 14,000 foot peaks via technical climbing routes, with no ropes! New to th...

Alex Honnold in Yosemite: National Parks Epic Challenge
September 16, 2013

Alex Honnold In Yosemite: National Parks Epic Challenge

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July 24, 2013

Alex Honnold To Climb Building On Live TV

So, this is happening : The two-hour fall event, Live Climb With Alex Honnold , will feature the 27-year-old as he attempts to be the first to scale one of the tallest buildings in...

July 23, 2013

Honnold, Wright Enchain California 14ers by Bike, Foot, And Free Solo

I'm not sure what's crazier, free soloing something like Half Dome or climbing 15 14ers in California in three weeks without using a car: Over three weeks and one day, Alex Honnold...

The Only Blasphemy
May 22, 2013

The Only Blasphemy

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April 29, 2013

No Big Deal

Alex Honnold, writing for La Sportiva about his solo of three walls in Zion in a day back in March: I could write several different essays about the day; it’s given me a ton to thi...

September 27, 2011

More Solos In Yosemite By Alex Honnold - Updated

Alex Honnold is back at it in Yosemite, running up routes big and small without a rope

June 27, 2011

Alex Honnold On His Solo Of The Phoenix

A few weeks back Alex Honnold, who was in the Valley for a shoot with 60 Minutes , soloed the iconic route The Phoenix (5.13a) in Yosemite, CA. Planetmountain caught up with both H...

May 12, 2010

Alex Honnold In Red Rocks

On a recent visit to Red Rocks outside Las Vegas, NV Alex Honnold soloed the 1000 ft. Original Route (5.12b) on Rainbow Wall and Prince Of Darkness (5.10c) in Black Velvet Canyon,...

THE BIZMARK 5.13b
September 14, 2009

Sonnier Trotter Soloing Bizmark (5.13b)

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August 13, 2009

Wall Street Journal John Bachar Article

Michael Ybarra writes excellent “extreme sports” articles for the Wall Street Journal, and his article about John Bachar is no exception .

July 6, 2009

John Bachar Dead At Age 52

Legendary climber John Bachar died yesterday in an apparent free soloing accident at the Dike Wall near his home in Mammoth Lakes, CA

January 9, 2009

Kevin Jorgeson Climbs The FA Of Buttermilks Highball Ambrosia

Kevin Jorgeson has bouldered/soloed a new line on the east wall of the incredible Grandpa Peabody boulder in the Buttermilks of Bishop, CA. Big Up was on hand to film and the Bisho...

September 11, 2008

News & Notes - 9/11/2008

News & Notes from Alex Honnold, Way Lake Bouldering and several big upcoming events.

August 8, 2008

Dean Potter Free Solos The Eiger North Face [Confirmed]

Dean Potter has free-soloed the North Face of the Eiger. UPDATED: 8/08/08

June 2, 2008

Escalade Magazine Steph Davis Interview

Escalade Magazine recently caught up with Steph Davis after her Free Solo and Base Jump from Castleton Tower in Moab, UT. Here is a translation of the French interview into Englis...

April 7, 2008

Alex Honnold Free Solo of Moonlight Buttress Details

For such an intriguing ascent, the news of Alex Honnold's April Fool's solo of the 1200 ft. 5.12+ Moonlight Buttress in Zion is coming out at a snail's pace. Almost a week after I...

March 21, 2008

More On Dave MacLeod's 5.14b Free Solo

Last week, Dave MacLeod made news when he reported that he had free soloed Darwin Dixit (5.14b) at Margalef, Spain. As Gabor pointed out in the comments at the time, Kairn.com was...

Darwin Dixit 8c
March 12, 2008

Dave MacLeod Free Solos 5.14b in Spain

Dave MacLeod, best known for his difficult headpoints in Britain, recently free soloed Darwin Dixit (5.14b) in Margalef, Spain . Unless someone can think of something harder, this...

November 14, 2007

Eiffel Tower Free Solo

On Monday, November 12, England's Mike Robertson was arrested while soloing the outside of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He made it roughly 720 feet up the 1,063 foot tall mon...

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