Alex Honnold

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free solo climber human rock climber

Alex Honnold is an American rock climber renowned for his groundbreaking ropeless free solo ascents of big walls, most famously in Yosemite National Park.

Aliases (1)

Honnold ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	free solo climber → human → rock climber →
appearedIn	The Dawn Wall (documentary, cameo/appearance) → various National Geographic productions →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (for film about his climb, as subject) →
climbedRoute	Freerider on El Capitan →
climbedStyle	free solo →
coAuthorWith	David Roberts →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1985-08-17 →
dateOfFreeSoloOfElCapitan	2017-06-03 →
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley →
familyName	Honnold →
fieldOfWork	rock climbing →
focusOfOrganizationFounded	solar energy access →
founded	Honnold Foundation →
genreOfWriting	climbing literature →
givenName	Alex →
hasChild	1 daughter →
hasNotableQuoteTheme	rational approach to fear →
knownFor	minimalist lifestyle → risk management in climbing →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	environmentalism →
name	Alex Honnold →
nationality	American →
notableAchievement	first free solo ascent of El Capitan → free solo of Freerider (5.13a, 900 m) → linkups of multiple Yosemite big walls in a day → speed ascents of big wall routes in Yosemite →
notableFor	big wall climbing → free solo climbing → free solo of El Capitan →
notableWork	Alone on the Wall →
occupation	author → podcaster → rock climber →
placeOfBirth	Sacramento, California, United States →
representedBy	National Geographic Explorer →
residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States → van (as a traveling climber, various locations) →
sexOrGender	male →
socialMediaPlatform	Instagram → YouTube →
specialization	big wall climbing → free solo climbing → trad climbing →
sport	climbing →
spouse	Sanni McCandless →
subjectOf	Free Solo (2018 documentary film) →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Freerider →	associatedWithAthlete
The Captain →	climbedBy
Alex Honnold ("Honnold") →	familyName
El Capitan →	firstFreeSoloOfFreeriderBy
Freerider →	hasFamousAscentBy
Free Solo →	mainCharacter
Alex Honnold →	name
Free Solo →	starring