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The same day Alex soloed The North Face on The Rostrum, emulating Peter Croft's effort in 1987.

The same day he soloed Astroman.

I turned on my iPod at the beginning, played my Top 25, rocked that to the top, and had a couple songs to spare.

References

[1] https://alpinist.com/newswire/honnold-free-solos-moonlight-buttress/

Second ascent.

I wouldn't call myself an offwidth climber but I just did the hardest offwidth in the creek.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dIZt4FCeE

First free solo ascent, via the usual Huber variation to the Zig-Zags (5.12a).

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/honnold-free-solos-half-domes-nw-face-2

Third ascent.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/the_promise_-_e10_or_e8-1466

I climbed the easiest way up to the gear on Born Slippy, then finished up the slab. Don't know what this is supposed to be but it's the most natural way up the cool slab.

Not a true onsight since I've seen movies, but there was no chalk. Good times one way or another.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYbRNt4GjXE

[2] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/alex-honnold-flashes-gaia-e8-6c.html

Awesome line. Much, much harder than the EOTA [End of the Affair] or Gaia. Thank to the random folk nearby for lending a few pads.

Light rain, standard english fare...

Second ascent.

Awesome! Super psyched. Thanks to everyone for a bunch of pads. Different beta than Kevin, which made it easier, but I'm still calling it 8a, just cause it's so tall.

Third ascent.

Marc-André Leclerc:

Alex is an incredible climber.... a while ago I was all happy, just having finished the second ascent of 'Bruce Lee Vs. The Kiss Army', the infamous 5.13R at Neat and Cool. Then Alex joins us and after spraying him down with the beta, he ties in and flashes it.... flashes a 5.13R! Then seeing as there were no biners at the anchor he just unties, drops the rope then down free solo' Neat and Cool to get down... pretty sick! [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXgU1wTxDa/

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2011/06/honnold_solos_the_phoenix_-_yosemite-62712

[2] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,4660.3825/topicseen.html

[3] https://youtu.be/WeUoLWiVH8U?

[4] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/the-phoenix-solo-alex-honnold-interview-and-rare-ray-jardine-insight.html

References

[1] https://gripped.com/video/alex-honnold-free-soloing-5-13-in-yosemite/

[2] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/the-phoenix-solo-alex-honnold-interview-and-rare-ray-jardine-insight.html

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2011/09/alex_honnold_solos_hard_yosemite_cracks-64266

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmYl9gP2rK8

Third ascent.

One day on the continuous ascent. Had previously climbed first 9 pitches. All pitches onsight except for the Unfinished Ninth.

Led all pitches belayed by Stacey Pearson who jumared the route.

References

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20170213064201/http://www.stanford.edu/~clint/yos/longhf.htm#apron

Other than the shoulder-stand start this is an amazing problem. Sonnie's vision.

First ascent.

[I was] shaking a bit up there. It's f***ing scary!

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2012/01/alex_honnolds_big_balls_in_bishop-66088

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2014/01/honnold_free_solos_el_sendero_luminoso-68652

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oaoRDR5leY

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58

Second ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/8bmnWjQKtt/

References

[1] https://youtu.be/RSRC0HJORUQ?t=218

References

[1] https://johnroberts.me/outdoors/climbing/2016/06/fairhead-2016-alex-honnold-flashing-dark-side-e8-6c/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGUQzT_fHPY

First ascent. With Sonnie Trotter.

03hrs 57mins.

Via The Boulder Problem. Surely one of the wildest solo ascents ever. Honnold climbed some minor variations to the usual line of Freerider which he considered more secure for a soloist: a line on the right of the second Freeblast slab (pitch 6, no change in grade); a 5.10c pitch leaving Heart Ledge to avoid an insecure 5.11c friction move; and taking a lower traverse into a hand crack that widens to the Monster Offwidth to avoid a 5.12a undercling move (Pitch 18). This crack had previously been climbed by Bermuda Dunes. The two pitches Honnold considered the most challenging for a soloist were The Boulder Problem and the first Freeblast Slab (Pitch 5). These were unavoidable.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/BU5oSrWhFWW/

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xj6Kwv2-y/

[3] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201214748/

With Tommy Caldwell. 01hrs 58mins.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdOzbM_7GMI

First ascent.

Second go.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWnHGILfONk

With Tommy Caldwell.

6 days on the route.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DSDRwjDDs-v/