Alex Honnold

World-renowned rock climber, Alex Honnold has completed some of the world’s most impressive feats on the most treacherous cliff faces our earth has to offer. Alex’s daredevil feats have seen him featured in the award-winning adventure film Alone on the Wall and he has also co-authored a book of the same title to share his experiences. With such incredible feats to his name, Alex is now booked as a speaker for corporate events, discussing the topics of mastering your craft, risk management and preparation.

Best known for his daring feats as a rock climber, Alex is currently the speed record holder for the Nose of El Capitan at 1:58:07 and was the first person to free-solo climb El Capitan. Alex’s climbs have seen him recognised by National Geographic, who claimed they were ‘the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport’. He is also the record holder of the fastest ascent of the Yosemite Triple Crown and his climb of El Capitan was the feature of the Oscar and Academy Award-winning Free Solo documentary.

Alex first began climbing when he was just five years old, attending a climbing gym where he developed his talents. As his talent progressed, Alex entered to compete in several climbing championships, competing nationally and internationally. Dropping out of the University of California Berkley, Alex pursued his love for climbing, travelling far and wide to climb many of America’s greatest mountain ranges. Alex first gained recognition for his talents as a climber back in 2012, solo climbing the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome which was then featured in the Alone on the Wall film. From that point on Alex has achieved many great climbing victories.

His commitment and achievements made in climbing have not gone unnoticed, having claimed the 2010 Golden Piton Award for endurance climbing. He has also claimed the 2015 Piolets d’Or for the first full traverse of the Fitz Roy Range and claimed the Robert & Miriam Underhill Award in 2018. Alex was also able to co-author the book Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure and was invited to deliver the TED speech How I Climbed a 3000-Foot Vertical Cliff- Without Ropes, achieving an incredible figure of over five million views.

With a plethora of incredible achievements to his name, Alex is now often booked as a speaker for a range of corporate events, having spoken to a variety of Fortune 50 companies already. Highly commended for his insane feats of bravery, peak performance and determination, Alex is booked to speak on the topics of mastering your craft, preparation and risk management. An inspirational individual, who possesses more bravery than most, Alex Honnold is available to hire for a range of corporate events to inspire all with his incredible feats of athleticism as a rock climber.