On June 6, 2018, Honnold teamed up with Tommy Caldwell to break the Nose on El Capitan speed record in Yosemite. They completed the approximately 914m (3,000 ft) route in 1:58:07, becoming …

Oct 3, 2018 · Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan without a rope or safety equipment, becoming the first person to free solo the route. The climber is the first person to reach the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot …

On June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold made history with the ultimate human feat: free solo climbing El Capitan’s 3,000-foot granite wall in Yosemite—no ropes, no second chances.

Jan 23, 2026 · Only one person has ever free soloed a full route on El Capitan, the 3,000-foot granite wall that dominates Yosemite National Park. That climber is Alex Honnold, who in June 2017 climbed …

May 25, 2024 · Alex Honnold is an American professional rock climber who became the first person to free solo El Capitan in June 2017, which was turned into the movie, “Free Solo.”

May 31, 2024 · Yosemite’s most accomplished speed climber cut more than eight hours off the previous solo time on the Salathé Wall. The solo speed record on the Salathé Wall, a climbing route on El...

Beyond his 2017 history-making ascent of El Cap, dramatically documented in the Oscar-winning film Free Solo, Alex is simply one of the hardest working, certainly most accomplished, and greatest …

For professional rock climber Alex Honnold, this dizzying scene marked the culmination of a decade-long dream. In a hair-raising talk, he tells the story of how he summited Yosemite's El Capitan, …

Feb 27, 2026 · Since then El Capitan has become popular with climbers, and in 2017 Alex Honnold became the first to ascend the mountain without using ropes; his climb was documented in Free …

Mar 18, 2025 · You may have heard the amazing feat of Alex Honnold, the first ever person to scale El Capitan without gear. Let’s navigate the world’s most daring free solo climber, where gravity is a …