Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure

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Alex has had his share of interesting events in life. Here are some of his quotes to empower you through your own life challenges. If you enjoy these, do have a look at our Edward Abbey quotes and [Aldo Leopold quotes]. Alex Honnold Quotes From 'Free Solo' William Lindesay OBE (born 8 May 1956) is an English author, runner, [1] and conservationist. He is best known for his work in protecting and conserving the Great Wall of China. He first went to China to run on the Great Wall in 1986, making the first documented traverse of the ruins on foot the following year, in 1987, in which he covered 2,470 km. He is a current honorary senior research fellow at University of Liverpool, and received the Royal Society for Asian Affairs’ Special Award in 2016. At Kidadl we pride ourselves on offering families original ideas to make the most of time spent together at home or out and about, wherever you are in the world. We strive to recommend the very best things that are suggested by our community and are things we would do ourselves - our aim is to be the trusted friend to parents.

Leaving me thinking that if Eternal Flame is for the next generation, then El Cap, might, just might, be for this one. Alone on the Wall recounts the most astonishing achievements of Honnold’s extraordinary life and career, brimming with lessons on living fearlessly, taking risks, and maintaining focus even in the face of extreme danger. Now Honnold tells, for the first time and in his own words, the story of his 3 hours and 56 minutes on the sheer face of El Cap, which Outside called "the moon landing of free soloing…a generation-defining climb. Bad ass and beyond words…one of the pinnacle sporting moments of all time." In a real sense, I performed the hard work of that free solo during the days leading up to it. Once I was on the climb, it was just a matter of executing." Classifica annuale 2010 (dal 28.12.2009 al 26.12.2010)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 19 April 2021.I've done a lot of thinking about fear. For me the crucial question is not how to climb without fear-that's impossible- but how to deal with it when it creeps into your nerve endings.” Coming into the book, I thought Alex Honnold was a pretty amazing person not just for his climbing ability but for his storytelling, humor, modesty, philanthropy and indifference to fame but politeness to the enthusiastic fans who seek out selfies with him at events. Alex talks candidly about his life on the road, his relationships, his break-ups and his actual thoughts on the media show that is the modern Alex Honnold. FREE SOLO is less about climbing than it is about living. An extraordinary gift to everyone who believes that the limit of human achievement is far from being reached." BRET STEPHENS, THE NEW YORK TIMES There's a definite transcendent spiritual side to what Honnold and Petit do, demonstrating the far-edge potential of our spirit’s ability to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles with persistence, practice, concentration, focus, opportunity, full-on commitment, and a little help from friends. Alex in particular succeeds in doing what they say good writing should do: he makes the strange seem familiar, "freeing" for readers the sense that what he's doing is even possible, climbing without ropes or any sort of protection straight-up El Capitan in Yosemite, 3K feet of granite, perched on tiny "smears," indentations, ripples, worming up vertical fissures, ALL WITHOUT A ROPE OR NET OR anything to make it anything less than a death sentence if he simply slips. He's so good, such a master in terms of technique and temperament -- the Hendrix of climbing -- he makes it seem effortless, a sure sign of mastery, and yet when you watch videos or look at a picture (or even read about it) it induces vertigo and a sense of my god dude is gonna die. When I watched the film, for days after I wondered if he just fell off some cliff in Chad or Patagonia or Nevada -- reading this I started worrying about him again.

I don’t want to fall off and die either, but there’s a satisfaction to challenging yourself and doing something well. That feeling is heightened when you’re for sure facing death. If you’re seeking perfection, free-soloing is as close as you can get." Pink Floyd's Wall LP sets new sales record in Germany" (PDF). Music Week. 19 April 1980. p.16 . Retrieved 12 March 2022.No one in my family got hugged in my formative years… Love; no one in my family’s life has ever used that word." Top Selling Albums of 1980 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 28 January 2022. Italian album certifications – Pink Floyd – The Wall" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 7 November 2020. Select "2011" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "The Wall" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". The way that Vasarhelyi and Chin capture the scale of Honnold’s climb is stunning. A gripping and rewarding documentary to watch." DAVID SIMS, THE ATLANTIC Part of Alex's character that I found most interesting was his 'legitimate' angle - the over-riding sense that he insists that his climbs, the places he visits and his achievements be accurately portrayed and ranked against other feats in the climbing world. There's no hyperbole with Alex Honnold, and I got the sense that he rails against some of the sponsored climbing trips he's been on that have yielded amazing photos, but perhaps not amazing climbing. Whilst other professional climbers might feel pressure to say these trips were amazing, Honnold, being so famous, can pretty much tell it how it is, or at least how he sees it.