By 2007, he was basing himself out of a Ford Econoline to focus on climbing full-time. Honnold soon dropped out of college, however, spending his time climbing and living out of a minivan, and later, a tent, as he traveled to various crags around California.
He graduated from Mira Loma High School in 2003, enrolling in classes at the University of California Berkeley, with plans to major in civil engineering. By the time he was 10 years old, Honnold was climbing almost daily and participating in local and national climbing competitions. Honnold was born to Charles Honnold and Dierdre Wolownick in Sacramento, California, and was climbing in gyms by the age of five.
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Free Solo also received the award for “Best Documentary” at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), in addition to numerous other accolades. The film received near-universal critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Honnold achieved widespread fame after starring in the 2018 documentary Free Solo, which followed his successful attempt to free solo El Capitan via the climbing route Freerider (VI 5.13a 3,300 feet).
This article is part of Climbing’s ongoing Who’s Who biographical study of climbing’s all-time greats, achievers, and, in the case of Aleister Crowley, most notorious.Īlex Honnold (August 17, 1985) is an American climber known primarily for his big wall free solo ascents, largely in Yosemite National Park, California. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
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