Alex Honnold, 40, has been climbing since childhood – later dropping out of faculty to pursue the game full-time.
He grew to become a wunderkind within the climbing world in 2008 when he was the primary particular person to free solo the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, and the Moonlight Buttress at Zion National Park.
He continued climbing main routes world wide, setting data and gaining worldwide consideration – together with a 2010 documentary about his Half Dome climb, and a 2016 memoir he penned in regards to the expertise. He additionally based the Honnold Foundation, an environmental non-profit centered on supporting photo voltaic vitality initiatives.
But it was El Capitan that made him a family identify.
In 2017, after greater than a yr of preparation and coaching, Honnold free soloed the vertical rock formation in Yosemite, a nail-biting ascent captured within the award-winning 2018 documentary “Free Solo.”
Honnold grew to become an on the spot superstar, showing on discuss reveals like “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and delivering a TED Talk that’s been seen tens of millions of instances on YouTube.
Since then, he’s gotten married, had two youngsters, launched a podcast, and – after all – stored climbing.