Alex Honnold

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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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This athlete has competed internationally

UIAA World Youth Championship - Edinburgh (GBR) 2004 Lead Juniors Male 39th

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News Alex Honnold's Ultimate Red Rock Traverse

Alex Honnold has completed a link-up of fourteen classic multi-pitch routes in the Red Rock Canyons, in what he has named 'the HURT - Honnold's Ultimate Red Rock Traverse'.

28 Oct, 2022

The Ticklist Honnold & Findlay combine climbing and climate science

Alex Honnold and Hazel Findlay recently made two E6 big-wall first ascents in Greenland during a six-week expedition to the East of the country, where they combined climbing with climate science.

41 7 Sep, 2022

Fri Night Vid Alex Honnold - Big Walls to Low Balls

Far from his natural and famed milieu of tall walls with big exposure, tonight's Friday Night Video shows Alex Honnold shuffling just above the ground while projecting a local low ball V7 boulder. Having just returned from a jungle big wall...

18 Jun, 2021

Fri Night Vid Honnold Breaks Down Climbing Scenes from Movies & TV

In this week's Friday Night Video, Alex Honnold uses his substantial knowledge from...

7 May, 2021

The Ticklist #26 - Nepali Women Summit Annapurna, Jim Pope on Form, Speed Records and Solos

From a dusty gym in Tyumen to the summit of Annapurna I, this week's...

2 23 Apr, 2021

Video In Conversation with Adam Ondra and Alex Honnold

Two of the world's most recognisable climbers get together for a wide-ranging conversation covering...

9 30 Mar, 2021

News Caldwell and Honnold Complete Massive Linkup in Rocky Mountain National Park

Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have completed a huge linkup of peaks in Rocky...

22 Jul, 2020

Fri Night Vid Life Coach: Alex Honnold and Renan Ozturk in Alaska

8 Nov, 2019

News New free line on El Capitan for Caldwell and Honnold

11 8 Nov, 2019

News Alex Honnold and Brad Gobright climb El Niño via variation

7 12 Jun, 2019

News Free Solo wins Best Documentary Feature Oscar

54 25 Feb, 2019

News Free Solo wins Best Documentary BAFTA

13 10 Feb, 2019

Fri Night Vid What if he falls? Filming Free Solo

7 9 Nov, 2018

Fri Night Vid Alex Honnold Soloing El Cap in 360

31 5 Oct, 2018

Newsflash Honnold and Caldwell climb The Nose in sub 2 Hours

89 6 Jun, 2018

News Yet Another Nose Speed Record by Honnold & Caldwell

10 4 Jun, 2018

News New Nose Speed Record by Honnold & Caldwell

26 30 May, 2018

Video The Nose speed record: 2:19:44

5 18 Apr, 2018

Interview Alex Honnold on Soloing El Capitan

15 9 Aug, 2017

Article Honnold - The Art of The Dark Lord

46 19 Jun, 2017

Video Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright in Africa

9 3 May, 2017

Video Alex Honnold vs Dan Osman

219 8 Dec, 2016

Video Getting up Getu

31 Jul, 2016

Video Alex Honnold climbs Angola

5 16 Dec, 2015

Video Alex Honnold ...something that actually matters...

12 23 Nov, 2015

Video Fitzroy Traverse with Honnold and Caldwell

5 9 Jan, 2015

Video Honnold's Hardest Big Wall Solo - Gripping!

36 7 Feb, 2014

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THE TICKLIST: Honnold & Findlay combine climbing and climate science

Alex Honnold and Hazel Findlay have just returned from a six-week trip to Greenland where they climbed the first ascents of new big wall routes, alongside helping a team of scientists collect samples, measure the ice cap, and place temperature sensors.

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Latest Reviews for Alex's Sponsors

Reviews from the UKC editorial team

Black Diamond Method S

Designed primarily for top-end bouldering, the soft and supple Method S manages the very difficult balancing act of being both technical and comfortable, says Rob Greenwood. Could this in fact be BD's best shoe yet?

2 11 Jul

OTS 2023 - Climbing Gear

At OTS 2023 in Liverpool we got a chance to check out some of the new climbing gear due to hit the shelves next year: a range of bouldering pads from Black Diamond; interesting harnesses from the likes of Mammut, Ocun and Wild Country; and DMM's latest...

24 21 Jun

OTS 2023 - Our Best of the Show

This year's Outdoor Trade Show has just wrapped up. Staged in a tropical Liverpool, the show brought practically all the brands with a UK presence under one roof. While a lot of the gear on display looked good, as always there were a few pieces in...

3 16 Jun

The North Face Casaval Hoodie

This lightly insulated hoody is sold as a mountaineering jacket - and it's great for that, says Rob Greenwood; but it's a lot...

3 28 Mar

Heavyweight Belay Jackets from Mountain Equipment and BD

Stand around in cold conditions and you'll soon conclude that most synthetic insulated jackets...

15 23 Mar

New Storm 500-R and Spot 400-R - best burn time in their class?

The Spot and the Storm have been around for years. Robust and pretty powerful for their size,...

10 9 Jan

UKC / UKH Gear of the Year 2022

Our hard working review team get through a mountain of kit every year. Amongst it all some items stand out from the crowd, and...

27 Dec, 2022

Latest News from Alex's Sponsors

Announcements direct from manufacturers

The New Women's Himalayan suit

The North Face introduces a Himalayan suit designed and developed by women for women.

3 28 Mar

Yonder's 'It's a Spring Thing' event in London on Saturday 25th March

Join The North Face athletes and explorers Alex Honnold (by live link), Molly Thompson-Smith, Toby Roberts, Xian Goh, Rotimi and photographer Sam Pratt for a series of workshops and talks at Yonder's It's a Spring...

24 Mar