Who Has Climbed El Capitan Free Solo, With Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe. Today, National Geographic broke the story that Alex Honnold, the best free soloist in the world, climbed El Capitan via Freerider (5. Honnold’s free solo ascent via the Freerider route took years of preparation and less than four hours Alex Honnold has done the unthinkable; on June 3, he completed the first-ever free solo of El Capitan, climbing the wall via Freerider. The Olympics could take climbing to new heights says Alex Honnold who might have had winning a gold medal as his goal growing up instead of an historic free solo climb up El Capitan if the The free solo of El Cap has long been a holy grail in the climbing world. Standing over 900 meters Honnold’s El Capitan free solo ascent of Freerider is rated at 5. From discovering the best trad climbing routes to sleeping overnight on the big wall, read this complete guide about everything on El Capitan El Capitan is one of the most striking features of Yosemite National Park, an enormous sheer granite rock face of approximately 3,000 feet (915 Known for his legendary ropeless ascent up Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, documented in “Free Solo,” Honnold is intent on pushing the US rock climber Alex Honnold, famed for his free solo ascents of El Capitan, speaks at Yosemite National Park, California on October 26, 2025, In Free Solo, Honnold mentions at one point how maybe his free solo of el cap is one of those risky climbs that you squeak out once in your life. It is the first On June 2017, Honnold, became the first person to “free solo” climb El Capitan. In doing so he has become the first person to climb El In June 2017, American Alex Honnold made the first free-solo ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite. Honnold, In June 2017, the 33-year-old became the first person to climb Californian granite monolith El Capitan without any ropes – a skill known as free Watch Alex Honnold’s journey toward his rope-free climb of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan in Free Solo, the Oscar-winning Watch Alex Honnold’s journey toward his rope-free climb of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan in Free Solo, the Oscar-winning film by E. Alex Honnold spent two years preparing for his solo free climb.
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