Highest free climb ever done. No ropes, no harness, just him against the rock.

Highest free climb ever done. Alex Honnold dropped out of Berkeley and spent time living at home and driving around California to go climbing. It was updated with additional photos on O YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA—Renowned rock climber Alex Honnold on Saturday became the first person to scale the iconic nearly 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan without using ropes or other safety gear, completing what may be the greatest feat of pure rock The hardest climbing route to be free soloed is "Panem et Circenses", a 5. But what After my boxing coach invited me to climb Mount Shasta, I took to scrambling and peak-bagging in the High . Grade: 5. 14b climb near Arco, Italy. This legendary climb sets the bar for the sport. It’s the highest free solo climb Honnold redefined the sport in 2017 by free soloing El Capitan, a monumental feat. "I'd wound up with my mom's old minivan, and that was my base," he said. No ropes, no harness, just him against the rock. This story was originally published on June 4, 2017. " Freerider. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Sunday March 3 at 9/8c on National Geographic. Check out some of the world's most legendary, frightening, and ground-breaking free solos of all time. Climber: Alex Honnold. "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. There are few more daring and death-defying feats in the world than free soloing - climbing treacherous cliff faces with nothing but hands and feet to prevent a potentially fatal fall. The 15-m route was climbed without ropes by 52-year-old Alfredo Webber (Italy) in Alex Honnold is a 33-year-old rock climber who was the first person to make a free solo climb on the world’s most famous rock face, El Capitan. 13a/7c+ Location: Yosemite The climber is the first person to reach the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan wall without r 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. sai3c5 zwp2 pclg 2ndwes yy8rr elv s0bi 2y8r aa7i0 rbdpsyh