:Alex Honnold

Honnold was born in Sacramento, California, the son of community college professor Dierdre Wolownick (b. 1951){{cite web |last1=Culleton |first1=Jim |title=If You Think You Can, You Can – A Mountain Climber's Story |url=https://rotarysacramento.com/if-you-think-you-can-you-can-a-mountain-climbers-story/ |website=Rotary Club of Sacramento |access-date=9 May 2021 |date=17 October 2019}} and Charles Honnold (1949–2004).{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/alex-honnold-rock-climber-of-el-capitan-fame-at-home-in-las-vegas-1562752/|title=Rock Star Rock Climber|first=John M.|last=Glionna|website=Las Vegas Review Journal|date=January 4, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=David |title=No Strings Attached |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/1898136/no-strings-attached |website=Outside Online |access-date=9 May 2021 |language=en |date=11 April 2011}} His paternal roots are German, and his maternal roots are Polish.{{Cite web|url=http://mountainportal.com/index.php/95-alex-honnold-interview-for-mountain-portal|title=Alex Honnold – Interview for Mountain Portal|website=mountainportal.com|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=January 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126051509/http://mountainportal.com/index.php/95-alex-honnold-interview-for-mountain-portal|url-status=dead}} He started climbing in a climbing gym at the age of 5 and was climbing "many times a week" by age 10.{{cite magazine |last=Duane |first=Daniel |date=March 12, 2015 |title=The Heart-Stopping Climbs of Alex Honnold |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/magazine/the-heart-stopping-climbs-of-alex-honnold.html |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=October 14, 2018 |quote=Honnold could afford to buy a decent home, if that interested him. But living in a custom-outfitted van, in his case, with a kitchenette and cabinets full of energy bars and climbing equipment – represents freedom.}} He participated in many national and international youth climbing championships as a teenager.

"I was never, like, a bad climber [as a kid], but I had never been a great climber, either," he says. "There were a lot of other climbers who were much, much stronger than me, who started as kids and were, like, instantly freakishly strong{{snd}} like they just have a natural gift. And that was never me. I just loved climbing, and I've been climbing all the time ever since, so I've naturally gotten better at it, but I've never been gifted."{{cite AV media

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After graduating from Mira Loma High School as part of the International Baccalaureate Programme in 2003, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to study civil engineering. His maternal grandfather died, his parents divorced during his first year of college, and Honnold skipped many of his classes to boulder by himself at Indian Rock.

Honnold dropped out of Berkeley and spent time living at home and driving around California to go climbing. "I'd wound up with my mom's old minivan, and that was my base," he said. "I'd use it to drive to Joshua Tree to climb or I'd drive to LA to see my girlfriend. I destroyed that van fairly quickly; it died on me one day, and for the next year, I lived just on my bicycle and in a tent."

In 2007, he bought a 2002 Ford Econoline E150 van, which allowed him to focus on climbing and following the weather.{{cite magazine|last=Lowther|first=Alex|date=Summer 2011|title=Less and Less Alone: Alex Honnold|url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web17s/wfeature-alp35-alex-honnold-profile-less-and-less-alone|magazine=Alpinist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005210946/http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web17s/wfeature-alp35-alex-honnold-profile-less-and-less-alone|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 5, 2020}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/1868556/alex-honnolds-van-life |title=Alex Honnold's Van Life |magazine=Outside Online |date=July 28, 2014 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |medium=video |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725023127/https://www.outsideonline.com/1868556/alex-honnolds-van-life |url-status=dead }}

According to a 2011 Alpinist profile:

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|text=In the mind of the climbing world, Honnold emerged from the goo fully formed. In 2006 nobody had heard of him. In 2007 he free soloed Yosemite's Astroman and the Rostrum in a day, matching Peter Croft's legendary 1987 feat, and suddenly Honnold was pretty well-known. A year later, he free soloed the 1,200-foot (366m), 5.12d finger crack that splits Zion's Moonlight Buttress. The ascent was reported on April 1. For days, people thought the news was a joke. Five months afterward, Honnold took the unprecedented step of free soloing the 2,000-foot (610m), glacially bulldozed Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome. Croft called this climb the most impressive ropeless ascent ever done.

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He gained mainstream recognition after his 2008 free solo of the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome was featured in the film Alone on the Wall{{cite AV media|url=https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-adventure/adv-beyond-the-edge-honnold|title=Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold|publisher=National Geographic|access-date=February 26, 2019|medium=video|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140056/https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-adventure/adv-beyond-the-edge-honnold|url-status=dead}} and a subsequent 60 Minutes interview.{{cite news|title=Climbing without ropes: A series of remarkable feats increases the appeal of a niche sport|url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21723152-series-remarkable-feats-increases-appeal-niche-sport-climbing-without-ropes|access-date=June 9, 2017|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 8, 2017}}

In November 2011, Honnold and Hans Florine missed setting the speed climbing record on the famous Nose big-wall crack climbing route on Yosemite's El Capitan by 45 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/1900766/honnold-and-florine-break-nose-record|title=Honnold and Florine Break Nose Record |access-date=26 February 2019|work=Outside Online|last=Roy|first=Adam|date=June 17, 2012 }} At the time the record stood at 2:36:45, as set by Dean Potter & Sean Leary in November 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/alex-honnold-and-tommy-caldwell-climb-the-nose-in-under-2-hours-new-speed-record.html|title=Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climb The Nose in under 2 hours to set new El Capitan speed record|access-date=14 March 2020|work=planetmountain.com|last=Hobley|first=Nicholas|date=June 6, 2018 }} On June 17, 2012, Honnold and Florine set a new record of 2:23:46 (or 2:23:51{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainproject.com/v/107660679|title=New Nose Record – 2:23:51 (Florine and Honnold)|work=Mountain Project|access-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531041408/http://www.mountainproject.com/v/107660679|archive-date=May 31, 2015|url-status=dead}}) on that same route.{{cite web |last=Potts |first=Mary Anne |date=June 25, 2012 |title=Climbers Alex Honnold and Hans Florine Claim Speed Record on the Nose, El Cap – Interview |url=http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/25/alex-honnold-and-hans-florine-claim-speed-record-on-the-nose-el-cap/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629023603/http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/25/alex-honnold-and-hans-florine-claim-speed-record-on-the-nose-el-cap/ |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2015 |work=National Geographic Exploration & Adventure Blog}}{{cite web|first=Joshua |last=Weatherl |url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web12s/newswire-florine-and-honnold-are-very-fast |title=Honnold and Florine Break Nose Speed Record |website=Alpinist |date=June 17, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2013}}

File:Alex Honnold - Trento Film Festival 2014.JPG

In November 2014, Clif Bar announced that they would no longer sponsor Honnold, along with Dean Potter, Steph Davis, Timmy O'Neill and Cedar Wright. "We concluded that these forms of the sport are pushing boundaries and taking the element of risk to a place where we as a company are no longer willing to go," the company wrote in an open letter.{{cite news |title=A Sponsor Steps Away From the Edge|last=Branch|first=John|date=November 16, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/sports/clif-bar-drops-sponsorship-of-5-climbers-citing-risks-they-take.html|access-date=October 14, 2018}}

In 2016, he was subjected to functional magnetic resonance imaging scans that revealed that, unlike other high sensation seekers,{{Cite journal |date=Feb 2009 |title=Neural Correlates of Emotional Reactivity in Sensation Seeking |journal=Psychological Science|pmc=3150539 |last1=Joseph |first1=J. E. |last2=Liu |first2=X. |last3=Jiang |first3=Y. |last4=Lynam |first4=D. |last5=Kelly |first5=T. H. |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=215–223 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02283.x |pmid=19222814 }} his amygdala barely activates when watching disturbing images.

He however confesses feeling fear occasionally.

Through imagination and practice, he has desensitized himself to most fearful situations.{{cite news |last1=MacKinnon |first1=J. B. |title=The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber |url=https://nautil.us/the-strange-brain-of-the-worlds-greatest-solo-climber-236051 |access-date=May 11, 2021 |work=Nautilus |date=June 28, 2018 |language=en}}

On June 3, 2017, he made the first-ever free solo ascent of El Capitan by completing Alex Huber's 2,900-foot (884m) big-wall crack climbing route, Freerider (5.13a VI), in 3 hours and 56 minutes.{{cite news|title=Rock climber makes a historic ropeless ascent of California's El Capitan|last=McCarthy|first=Tom|date=June 4, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/04/alex-honnold-rock-climbing-el-capitan-yosemite|access-date=June 5, 2017}} The climb, described as "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever," was documented by climber and photographer Jimmy Chin and documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi, as the subject of the documentary Free Solo.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/athletes/alex-honnold/most-dangerous-free-solo-climb-yosemite-national-park-el-capitan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603192910/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/athletes/alex%2Dhonnold/most%2Ddangerous%2Dfree%2Dsolo%2Dclimb%2Dyosemite%2Dnational%2Dpark%2Del%2Dcapitan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2017|title=Exclusive: Climber Completes the Most Dangerous Rope-Free Ascent Ever|website=National Geographic|date=June 3, 2017|access-date=October 22, 2017}} Among other awards, the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (2018).{{cite web |title=The 91st Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://oscar.go.com/news/winners/free-solo-is-the-2019-oscar-winner-for-documentary-feature|title=FREE SOLO WINS 2019 OSCAR FOR DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)|website=oscar.go.com|access-date=2020-02-09}}

On June 6, 2018, Honnold teamed up with Tommy Caldwell to break the Nose on El Capitan speed record in Yosemite. They completed the approximately 3,000-foot (914m) route in 1:58:07, becoming the first climbers to complete it in under two hours.{{Cite news|url=https://www.climbing.com/news/alex-honnold-and-tommy-caldwell-set-sub-2-hour-nose-speed-record/|title=Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell Set Sub-2-Hour Nose Speed Record|work=Climbing|access-date=August 17, 2018}}

In 2021, National Geographic signed Honnold for an original docuseries about his quest to climb across the peaks of Greenland.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2021-08-18|title='Free Solo's Alex Honnold To Star In Nat Geo Docuseries 'On the Edge' Greenlighted By Disney+|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/free-solo-alex-honnold-nat-geo-docuseries-on-the-edge-greenland-disney-plus-1234816915/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} Also in 2021, Honnold started a podcast about climbing called Climbing Gold.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2021-03-10|title='Free Solo' Star Alex Honnold Launches Climbing Podcast|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/free-solo-star-alex-honnold-climbing-podcast-1234710972/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} In its first season, Climbing Gold focused on telling stories of extraordinary climbers across history and featured notable climbers and ascents including Lynn Hill, John Gill, Beth Rodden, Hans Florine, and coverage of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, which featured competition climbing for the first time.

On October 12, 2022, Honnold completed the "Honnold Ultimate Red Rock Traverse", or HURT, in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. In total, the endeavor took 32 hours and 6 minutes, with Honnold covering 35 miles of running, scrambling, and climbing, logging 24,000' of elevation gain, and summitting 18 out of the 23 peaks in Red Rock Canyon. Targeting the area's classic climbing routes, including Epinephrine, Dark Shadows, and Olive Oil, Honnold completed 126 pitches with about 13,000' of technical climbing.{{Cite web |title=AAC Publications - The HURT: Honnold's Ultimate Red Rock Traverse |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201216436 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=publications.americanalpineclub.org}}{{Cite web |last=Birdwell |first=Maury |date=2022-10-26 |title=Alex Honnold’s Latest Absurdity, the HURT, is the Real Deal |url=https://www.climbing.com/news/alex-honnolds-latest-absurdity-the-hurt-is-the-real-deal/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Climbing |language=en-US}}

File:Alex Honnold in 2022.jpg

Honnold lived in a van for over a decade. "I don't think 'van life' is particularly appealing," he says. "It's not like I love living in a car, but I love living in all these places. I love being in Yosemite; I love being basically wherever the weather is good; I love being able to follow good conditions all over. And be relatively comfortable as I do it. And so that pretty much necessitates living in a car ... If I could, like, miraculously teleport a house from place to place, I'd prefer to live in a nice comfortable house. Though, honestly, the van is kind of nice. I like having everything within arm's reach. When I stay in a hotel room – like, sometimes you get put up in a really classy hotel room, and it's really big, and you have to walk quite a ways to the bathroom, and you're like, 'Man, I wish I had my [pee] bottle.' Who wants to walk all the ways to the bathroom in the middle of the night when you could just lean over and grab your bottle and go?" "It is kind of a pet peeve when you get put in really nice hotel rooms and it's really far between… When you're used to living in a van, you want everything within a six foot radius. It doesn't make any sense to go bumbling in the dark, trying to find the bathroom."{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJIuZuApAQ&feature=youtu.be |title=Alex Honnold Replies to Fans on the Internet {{!}} Actually Me {{!}} GQ |date=2020-01-21 |last=GQ Sports |access-date=2024-11-27 |via=YouTube}} The van he lived in was custom-outfitted with a kitchenette and cabinets.

In 2017, Honnold bought a home in the Las Vegas area. "I didn't have any furniture at first, so I lived in the van in the driveway for the first couple weeks. It felt more like home than an empty house did."{{cite web|date=March 20, 2018|title=To Be the Best Rock Climber Is to Earn As Much As an Orthodontist|url=https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazine/alex-honnold|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314111445/https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazine/alex-honnold|archive-date=2021-03-14|access-date=February 19, 2019|website=Wealthsimple Magazine}} Around the same time, he replaced the Ford Econoline van he had lived in since 2007 and put 200,000 miles on with a new 2016 Ram ProMaster, which he still lives and travels in for most of the year.{{cite AV media

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Honnold met Sanni McCandless at a book signing in November 2015; they became a couple soon after.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-01 |title=Sanni McCandless: A Force of Nature by Joy Martin |url=https://climbingzine.com/sanni-mccandless-force-nature-joy-martin/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=The Climbing Zine |language=en-US}} Sanni and her relationship with Honnold feature prominently in Free Solo. On December 25, 2019, Honnold announced, via social media, that he and McCandless were engaged. On September 13, 2020, Honnold announced via Instagram that he and McCandless had married.{{Cite web|title=Alex Honnold on Instagram: "We got married!! Small family ceremony on the lake, officiated by @tommycaldwell, and totally lovely all the way around. @sannimccandless was…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CFF7xVOBcIa/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/alexhonnold/2397585251427009050_2397585248465951642 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}} Honnold's and McCandless daughter, June, was born on February 17, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Gould |first=Andrew |title=Look: Alex Honnold, Wife Announce Birth Of First Child |url=https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/look-alex-honnold-wife-announce-birth-of-first-child |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=The Spun: What's Trending In The Sports World Today |language=en}}

Their second daughter, Alice, was born on February 6, 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3oBOISPeyu/?igsh=MW42bDdjcnJrMGV5eQ%253D%253D |title=Alice Summer Honnold joined our family on February 6th! |website=Instagram |date=2024-02-22 |access-date=2024-02-24}}

Dierdre Wolownick, Alex Honnold's mother, started climbing at age 60 and is the oldest woman to climb El Capitan (first at the age of 66 and then, breaking her record, again at age 70).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tetongravity.com/video/rock-climb/alex-honnolds-mom-is-the-oldest-woman-to-summit-el-capitan|title=Alex Honnold's mom is the oldest woman to summit El Capitan

|website=www.tetongravity.com|access-date=2020-02-09}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-28 |title=Dierdre Wolownick, mother of Alex Honnold, makes history with El Capitan climb |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/28/dierdre-wolownick-oldest-woman-climb-el-capitan |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

In 2012, Honnold began giving away one-third of his income to solar projects that increased energy access worldwide. Soon, this idea expanded to form the Honnold Foundation. The Honnold Foundation "partners with marginalized communities to expand equitable solar energy access". The Foundation finds and funds small community-led nonprofits using solar to expand economic opportunity, energy access, and/or sovereignty. After incorporating as a 501c(3) in 2018, the Foundation's work has expanded to fund nearly 100 solar energy projects around the world, thanks to Honnold's continued commitment, alongside philanthropic contributions of a growing community of supporters.

The Foundation prioritizes a "trust based philanthropic approach". Per Honnold, "in climbing, you trust your partner with your life. Why should philanthropy be any different"? {{cite web|url=http://www.honnoldfoundation.org/about/ |title=About – Honnold Foundation |website=Honnoldfoundation.org |access-date=January 4, 2016}}

• Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure. London: Pan, 2015. Co-authored with David Roberts. {{ISBN|978-1447282730}}.

While Honnold is best known for his starring role in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo, he has also appeared in several other films and television episodes.{{cite web |title=Banff Mountain Film Competition – 2015 Award Winners |url=https://www.banffcentre.ca/sites/default/files/Banff%20Mountain%20Film%20and%20Book%20Festival/Films/2015%20Film%20Winners.pdf |website=Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity |publisher=Banff Centre |access-date=8 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Peliculas Premiadas |url=http://mendifilmfestival.com/MFF/index.php/es/2015-05-19-15-19-42/peliculas-premiadas-bmff |website=Bilbao Mendi Film FestivalBilbao Mendi Film Festival |publisher=Bilbao Mendi Film Festival |access-date=8 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Festivals Awards |url=https://www.mountainfilmalliance.org/festivals-awards/ |website=International Alliance for Mountain Film |access-date=8 May 2019}}

• The Sharp End (2007){{Cite web|url=https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/813/The-Sharp-End|title=The Sharp End|website=Sender Films|access-date=May 13, 2019|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725024841/https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/813/The-Sharp-End|url-status=dead}}
• Alone on the Wall (2008){{Cite web|url=https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/1551/Alone-On-The-Wall|title=Alone On The Wall|website=Sender Films|access-date=May 13, 2019|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725021256/https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/1551/Alone-On-The-Wall|url-status=dead}}
• Progression (2009){{Cite web|url=https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/1244/Progression|title=Progression|website=Sender Films|access-date=May 13, 2019|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725022219/https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/1244/Progression|url-status=dead}}
• Honnold 3.0 (2012)
• Valley Uprising (2014){{Cite web|url=https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/809/Valley-Uprising|title=Valley Uprising|website=Sender Films|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725021520/https://senderfilms.com/productions/details/809/Valley-Uprising|url-status=dead}}
• A Line Across the Sky (2015)
• Showdown at Horseshoe Hell (2015)
• Africa Fusion (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.africafusion.co.za/|title=Africa Fusion|first=Davis|last=Hoang|url-status=dead|access-date=May 13, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102185920/https://www.africafusion.co.za/}}
• Queen Maud Land (2018)
• Free Solo (2018)
• The Nose Speed Record (reel rock 14) (2019)
• Fine Lines (2019) {{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10826186/ | title=Fine Lines | website=IMDb }}
• Duncanville (2020) (TV)
• The Alpinist (2021)
• Explorer: The Last Tepui (2022){{Cite web |url=https://dmedmedia.disney.com/disney-plus/explorer-the-last-tepui |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Disney.com |title=Explorer: The Last Tepui |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422043658/https://dmedmedia.disney.com/disney-plus/explorer-the-last-tepui }}
• Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)
• Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold (2024)
• The Devil’s Climb (2024) {{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33406376 | title=The Devil's Climb | website=IMDb }}

• 2010: {{ill|Golden Piton Award|fr|Golden Pitons}} from Climbing magazine, for endurance climbing{{cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/2010-golden-piton-awards/|title=2010 Golden Piton Awards|work=Climbing|date=February 2011|access-date=May 18, 2015}}
• 2010: The film Alone on the Wall was shown at the European Outdoor Film Tour{{Cite web |title=Best-of-EOFT No. 7 - Shop |url=https://shop.eoft.eu/shop/show/1/44/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=shop.eoft.eu |publisher=European Outdoor Film Tour}}
• 2015: Honnold, together with Tommy Caldwell was awarded the Piolets d'Or, for the first full traverse of the Fitz Roy Range in Patagonia, Argentina.
• 2018: Robert and Miriam Underhill Award from American Alpine Club, for excellence in various fields of climbing{{Cite web|url=https://americanalpineclub.org/abd-awards/|title=ABD Awards|date=2018|website=The American Alpine Club|access-date=February 20, 2018}}
• 2018: Special mention of Piolets d'Or for his outstanding contribution to climbing during 2017{{Cite web|url=http://pioletsdor.net/presse/2018/2018_PO_CP3-ENG.pdf|title=Piolets d'Or Press Release July 2018|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170320/http://pioletsdor.net/presse/2018/2018_PO_CP3-ENG.pdf|archive-date=August 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Big Wall Climbing

Bouldering

Single pitch (sport and traditional) climbing

Alpine Climbing

• History of rock climbing
• List of grade milestones in rock climbing

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• {{cite magazine |last=Bethea |first=Charles |title=Dispatch: Alex Honnold Climbs Halfway Up a New Jersey Skyscraper|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/alex-honnold-climbs-halfway-up-a-new-jersey-skyscraper |magazine=The New Yorker |date=September 7, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2018 }}
• {{cite magazine |last=Dean |first=Josh |title=His Life in His Hands |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/his-life-in-his-hands/ |magazine=Men's Journal |access-date=October 14, 2018 }}
• {{cite magazine |last=Duane |first=Daniel |date=March 11, 2015 |title=The Heart-Stopping Climbs of Alex Honnold |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/magazine/the-heart-stopping-climbs-of-alex-honnold.html |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=October 14, 2018 }}
• {{cite magazine |last=Lowther |first=Alex |date=Summer 2001 |title=Less and Less Alone: Alex Honnold |url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web17s/wfeature-alp35-alex-honnold-profile-less-and-less-alone |magazine=Alpinist |access-date=October 14, 2018 }}

• {{Official website|www.alexhonnold.com}}
• {{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160103-honnold-climb-mountain-solo-adventure-ngbooktalk/?sf32018971=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527120800/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160103-honnold-climb-mountain-solo-adventure-ngbooktalk/?sf32018971=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2018 |title=Alex Honnold Isn't Fearless—He Just Accepts Death |website=National Geographic |first=Simon |last=Worrall |date=January 3, 2016}}
• {{YouTube|id=uQb4_8PyZBM|title=Alex Honnold 3.0}} (video)
• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3658958/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 Alex Honnold] at IMDb

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