Escalada - 610 metros en Yosemite

Alex Honnold, "the Wunderkind".




2000 ft. of climbing. 2 hours and 50 minutes. No rope. No harness. Or any sort of safety gear. Alone on the wall - Alex Honnold free-solos the Regular NW face of Half-Dome.



Escalada - Alex Honnold - Solo integral 610 metros en Yosemite

Alex Honnold escalando en solo integral una pared de 610 metros, en el Half Dome, en el valle de Yosemite. Respeto... Mucho respeto!


Alex Honnold

Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American big wall free solo climber. He has broken a number of speed records, including a free climb of Salathé Wall, and a 5h49m ascent of the 3,000 ft. Nose of El Capitan, a route normally demanding two to four days. [1]

Honnold was born in Sacramento, California, graduating from Mira Loma High School, started climbing when he was 11 years old. At the age of 18 he dropped out of UC Berkeley, where he was an engineering student, and devoted all his time to climbing. Between climbs he runs or hikes to maintain fitness. He prefers big walls and sport climbing, but enjoys any climb calling for extreme commitment, Yosemite being his favorite area because of its impressive walls and unbeatable weather. He is a crack (climbing) addict and favors climbs with such problems. “For me, the entire Moonlight Buttress is pure fingers ... awesome, glorious fingers.”

Honnold found inspiration from such noted climbers as Peter Croft, John Bachar and Tommy Caldwell, but, he says, not as much as the stark simplicity and beauty of El Capitan.[2]

At a ceremony in Salt Lake City on January 24, 2010, Honnold was awarded the "Golden Piton" for his climbing achievements.

Selected notable climbs

Freerider in Yosemite Valley in one day in May 2007 when he was 21 years old.[3]
Salathe Wall in Yosemite Valley in October 2007.
Bushido and Hong Kong Phooey, in Utah, between 9 and 11 March 2008.[4]
Second ascent of Ambrosia ; repeat of Kevin Jorgeson's highball boulder problem Ambrosia (V11) in Bishop, California. [5]
Free solo of The Phoenix, the USA's first 5.13a. [6]
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. [7]
Free solo of Zion’s Moonlight Buttress on 1 April 2008. [8]
Free solo of the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome on 6 September 2008.[9]
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.[10]