Alex Honnold is a professional rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognised and followed climbers in the world. A gifted but hard-working athlete, Alex “No Big Deal” Honnold is known as much for his humble, self-effacing attitude as he is for the dizzyingly tall cliffs he has climbed without a rope to protect him if he falls. Honnold has been profiled by 60 Minutes and the New York Times, featured on the cover of National Geographic, appeared in international television commercials and starred in numerous adventure films including the Emmy-nominated “Alone on the Wall.”
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When climbing in Alaska, things don't always go to plan. Alex Honnold and Renan Ozturk's aim was to attempt an unrepeated line on Mt Dickie, although unfavourable conditions mean that Honnold eventually turns the camera on the filmmaker and probes...
Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold and Kevin Jorgeson have joined forces to establish a new free line on El Capitan. The line initially heads up Passage of Freedom, a free route that was first climbed by Leo Houlding around 18 years ago and then...
Alex Honnold and Brad Gobright have teamed up to make the second free ascent of El Niño (5.13c/8a+) via a three-pitch extension called Pineapple Express. The variation was first climbed by Sonnie Trotter and Honnold in 2018. Honnold...
Free Solo, the documentary film of Alex Honnold's historic solo of Freerider on El Capitan has won a Best...
Free Solo, the documentary of Alex Honnold's historic solo of Freerider on El Capitan in Yosemite has won Best Documentary...
This week's Friday Night Video takes a behind-the-scenes look at Free Solo. The short documentary takes a look at the...
On 3rd June 2017, Alex Honnold stunned the climbing and non-climbing world alike into awed silence with...
Reviews from the UKC editorial team
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Annoucements direct from manufacturers
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Goal Zero introduces the Sherpa 100PD portable power bank, a fast-charging power bank for adventurers who need to power their tech.
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We're just back from the annual summer gear-fest that is the OutDoor trade show. As Europe sweltered in the heat...
We're just back from the annual summer gear-fest that is the OutDoor trade show. As Europe sweltered in the heat the...
We're just back from the annual summer gear-fest that is the OutDoor trade show. As Europe sweltered in the heat the...
