Climbing truly massive walls without a rope, and zero chance of survival if he falls, alex is calm and fearless except when it comes to girls. Alex honnold needs no introduction to the climbing community. Alex honnold born august 17, 1985 is an american rock climber from sacramento usa. He scales 2000 feet with only shoes and chalk bagno rope, no safety, and no. Honnold has been profiled by 60 minutes and the new york times, been featured on the cover of national geographic, appeared in international television commercials and starred in numerous adventure films, including the emmynominated alone on the wall. Twentythree year old alex honnold is taking the highstakes sport of free solo climbing to new heights.
Alex honnold is a worldclass american rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls david roberts is the awardwinning author of thirty books about mountaineering, exploration, and anthropology. Alex honnold filmed in national geographics free solo movie. Alex honnold is a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious freesolo ascents of americas biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world. The full version of the film that consecrated the american champion. On the other hand, he climbs free walls and mountains. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. I first learned of alex honnolds feats of climbing through the short film by the same name as this book. If you have ever rock climbedand even if you haventchances are youve heard of alex honnold. Alex honnold has published a 2008 documentary about free soloing moonlight buttress and half dome on his youtube page. Alex honnold is a worldclass american rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls david roberts is the awardwinning author of twentynine books about mountaineering, exploration, and anthropology, including alone on the wall which was written with worldclass rock climber alex honnold, whose historic feats were featured in the film free solo. They were the first people to freeclimb to the top of the granite monolith in yosemite national park.
Climbing dream team alex honnold, mark synnott, and jimmy chin face rugged cliffs, knifewielding thieves, and deadly waters as they traverse the globe searching for the next great rock to climb. Alone on the wall alex honnold, david roberts isbn. Rock climber alex honnold solo climbs three biggest rock faces in yosemite national park. This book provides a deeper look into the journey that brought him to the public spotlight and the epic feats of adventuring he has completed since. Free solo, the alex honnold documentary, is the years. But attempting the 2,000foot wall of half dome, the greatest free solo ever attempted, would finally teach alex the meaning of fear. Read more read less 2016 alex honnold and david roberts p2015 blackstone audio, inc. If you are looking for the alex honnold national geographic video alone on a wall this is not it.
Alex honnold breaks down iconic rock climbing scenes. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. And then theres maybe another reason, which caldwell once explained so eloquently that honnold included it in his autobiography, alone on the wall. Free soloing is when someone climbs a wall without any ropes, harnesses or safety equipment. Honnold gained mainstream recognition in around 2012 after his freesolo of the regular northwest face of half dome was featured in the film alone on the wall.
Alone on the wall watch documentary online for free. Chai vasarhelyi meru and worldrenowned photographer and mountaineer jimmy chin, comes free solo, a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber alex honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream. This is a minute video that aired on 60 minutes in october 2011. Climbing truly massive walls without a rope, and zero. It was the film that consecrated alex honnold in the olympus of climbing and since then, fortunately, he is still alive. Alex honnold is a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious freesolo ascents of americas biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized. This is episode 1 alone on the wall by tatiana on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Chai vasarhelyi and worldrenowned photographer and mountaineer jimmy chin, the directors of meru, comes free solo, a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber alex honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream. In case you missed it, we wanted to highlight a line across the sky, a short documentary that follows tommy caldwell and alex honnold complete the first ascent of the entire fitz traverse, a legendary climb to the top of cerro fitz roy and its surrounding peaks in southern patagonia. Alex took 18 hours 50 minutes to cover the distance. Which makes sense, since if honnold were to have written the book alone, we would have gotten an. Alex honnold makes the first free solos of the largest walls in north america. The first person they talked to about it was ellen.
First ascent alone on the wall tv episode 2010 imdb. But attempting the 2,000foot wall of half dome, the greatest free solo ever. Alex honnold height, age, wife, biography, net worth. He is known for his work on free solo 2018, reel rock 14 2019 and reel rock 2016. Climbing truly massive walls without a rope, and zero chance of survival if he falls, alex is calm and fearless except when it comes to. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Alone on the wall is a phenomenal book from a phenomenal adventurer.
Quotations by alex honnold, american athlete, born august 17, 1985. Watch alone on the wall film about alex honnold gripped. With alex honnold, tommy caldwell, jimmy chin, cheyne lempe. Join alex and stride health on a journey from the boulders of stinson beach to the heart of the city. Three classic alex honnold climbing films from the creators of the dawn wall, the reel rock film tour, and valley uprising. Alex honnold, a 33yearold free climber who scales the worlds tallest rock faces without rope or harness or anything else that might keep him from plummeting to. He is at the crux, the most difficult section, known as the boulder problem, the main. Alone on the wall takes us around the world and through the highs and lows in the life of a climbing superstar to answer those fascinating questions. Alone on the wall is a story about the free solo rock climber alex honnold. Video alex honnold alone on the wall full movie the full version of the film that consecrated the american champion 24 november 2018. Alex is an expert in a specialized style of big wall rock climbing called, free soloing. Hes also a calm, collected superathlete who is pioneering new territory by free soloing big walls. Alone with no safety equipment, alex honnold defies gravity.
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