Alex Honnold Solos A Year's Worth Of Climbing In 16 Hours

Alex Honnold Birthday Challenge
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"August 17th, 2014. Squamish, BC. World-famous climber Alex Honnold celebrates his 29th birthday by doing the thing he loves most: climbing. Most climbers would settle for a numerically appropriate 29 routes to celebrate their 29th birthday, but not Alex. The free solo extraordinaire (and part time masochist) instead elects to tick a massive 290 pitches over the course of one day. With just 16 hours of daylight available, Alex must average a climb every 3 minutes, racking up more climbing in a single day than most people manage in the space of a year. Alex Honnold Solos A Year's Worth Of Climbing In 16 Hours | Birthday Challenge"

 


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