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Alex Honnold is undeniably the strongest climber in the world.
Alex Honnold is undeniably the strongest climber in the world.
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20 Little Known Facts About Alex Honnold

He's not just the greatest climber on the planet—he may be the greatest person, period

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Alex Honnold is undeniably the strongest climber in the world.

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Perhaps you have read about Alex Honnold’s groundbreaking on June 3. Here are a few things you may not have known about Alex Honnold, many of which are also quite impressive.

  1. Alex Honnold did the in two big steps.
  2. Alex Honnold hand-jammed the entire .
  3. Alex Honnold has paddled a whitewater kayak from the summit of Mt. Everest to Base Camp, in winter.
  4. Alex Honnold correctly predicted 100 percent of his NCAA Tournament bracket in last year’s office pool.
  5. Alex Honnold eats nine servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
  6. Alex Honnold understood Ulysses the first time he read it.
  7. Alex Honnold has never had a problem connecting to the WiFi network anywhere.
  8. Alex Honnold got the new Jay-Z album two weeks before it came out.
  9. Alex Honnold onsighted your project.
  10. Alex Honnold’s van is zero-emission because it runs on the world’s collective awe at his climbing achievements.
  11. Alex Honnold set an FKT running the barefoot while only eating plants he found along the trail. And he high-fived a black bear.
  12. Alex Honnold used all his vacation days last year.
  13. Alex Honnold surfed on the back of a tiger shark.
  14. Your dog is normally quite skittish around new people, but took immediately to Alex Honnold.
  15. Alex Honnold is secretly the creator of many of your favorite memes.
  16. Alex Honnold completed an Ironman Triathlon riding a razor scooter for the bike segment.
  17. Alex Honnold’s old climbing shoes smell like lilacs.
  18. Alex Honnold is actually also Jimmy Chin, and photographed himself free soloing Freerider.
  19. Alex Honnold parallel parked his van in a very tight space yesterday without even slightly bumping the cars in front of and behind him.
  20. Your cousin’s friend met Alex Honnold at an event a couple years ago and Alex Honnold was very friendly to him.

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