9/2/2023 0 Comments Honnold![]() ![]() As I said earlier, Alex is far and away the best free solo climber of our generation, and he has a very good argument to be the best ever. Free Soloingįree soloing - the art of climbing routes without a rope, or any protection - is more than Honnold’s bread and butter it’s his entire diet. However, there are two specific climbing disciplines in which Alex can claim to be the best in the world: free soloing and speed climbing. While he’s renowned for his speed and fearlessness, he’s still eclipsed in pure climbing difficulty by others such as Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, and Beth Rodden. Once again, Honnold is about 4 grades below being world-class.Įven in big wall climbing, where Alex specializes, he falls short of being the best in the world. For a professional climber, though, it’s not all that impressive the best boulderers in the world currently send routes in the V16-V17 range. He has bouldered up to V12, which is an impressive feat for any weekend warrior or bouldering enthusiast. Similarly, in the bouldering world, Alex has some impressive but not earth-shattering ascents. ![]() While that’s certainly impressive, it’s nowhere near the best climbers in the world, who are actually sending routes rated 5.15d, or 4 entire grades higher than Honnold. If you look at his resume, Alex Honnold’s redpoint max - that is, the hardest grade of climbing that he’s done before - is rated 5.14d. ![]() Really, this is less of an opinion and more of a hard fact. The simple answer to this (in both my opinion and his, obviously): no, Alex Honnold is not the best climber in the world. If you look at the sheer difficulty of routes that he can climb, though, and his well-roundedness in the sport, you can see that there are tens, if not hundreds, of other people who can climb harder routes than Alex. In terms of making a name for himself, climbing inspiring routes, and setting records, Alex Honnold is by far one of the most notable climbers of our generation. I think a lot of the confusion about whether or not Alex is the best climber in the world comes from the definition of what the ‘best’ is. ![]()
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