Alex Honnold’s Unknown Free Solos

OMG, you guys — secrets! Alex Honnold’s secrets!

I don’t think I need to write anything except that. But in the spirit of entertaining myself, this quick Nugget Climbing Podcast video opens on a haymaker:

“Tell me about the top two or three most epic solos you’ve done that nobody knows about,” is the prompt.

Enjoy it from there. Fanboy energy runs a little strong at times, but there’s a trade-off: We also get to hear about a Honnold bail.

Not all free solos are created equal and no, it doesn’t go exactly according to plan every time.

Amazing to be alive at the same time as Honnold, ain’t it? We’d do well to soak it up while we can. If I was a betting man, my money would be on never seeing another one like him.

Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson spent his 20s as an adventure rock climber, scampering throughout the western U.S., Mexico, and Thailand to scope out prime stone and great stories. Life on the road gradually transformed into a seat behind the keyboard, where he acted as a founding writer of the AllGear Digital Newsroom and earned 1,500+ bylines in four years on topics from pro rock climbing to slingshots and scientific breakthroughs.