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Alex Honnold gets naked for ESPN's Body Issue

The renowned climber ditches his shirt, shorts, shoes, and chalk bag for the nude shoot.

Author:: Amelia Arvesen
Publish date:: Sep 5, 2019

"Sort of an unusual shoot for me—turns out rock is quite rough when you don't have any clothes on," Honnold wrote on Instagram in a caption for a photo of him crouching on a climb in his birthday suit.

The renowned climber—whose film "Free Solo" received an Oscar earlier this year—shows off his climbing-toned muscles alongside 20 other athletes featured in ESPN's 11th annual Body Issue, celebrating all human forms.

Alex Honnold

In National Geographic's new 360-degree video, watch Alex Honnold free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Hear the crunch of gravel under his feet as he approaches the formation. Hear the wind as he moves from hold to hold. The seven minutes of footage is narrated by ...read more

By Amelia Arvesen
Oct 2, 2018

Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan in Yosemite

Surely one of the most anticipated movies this year, "Free Solo" is the story of climber Alex Honnold's 3,200-foot ropeless ascent of a route on El Capitan in Yosemite. The dramatic National Geographic film was shot by world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, and ...read more

By Amelia Arvesen
Aug 14, 2018

Alex Honnold

Outdoor Athletes

The spotlight was never part of the plan. With his June 3 free solo of Yosemite’s El Capitan, Alex Honnold secured his place as the outdoor industry’s biggest celebrity—a height he never meant to ascend to. Even so, it’s a platform he’s learned to embrace. Over the past decade, ...read more

By Corey Buhay
Aug 1, 2017

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Alex Honnold put one in the record books Saturday, after nailing the first ever free solo of El Cap, the iconic, 3,000 foot granite wall in Yosemite National Park. According to a National Geographic report, Honnold started his climb at dawn, and pulled himself up over the final ...read more

By Kristin Hostetter
Jun 5, 2017

free solo cover

Watching Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi burst into cheers over "Free Solo's" nomination for an Oscar on Tuesday mirrored the pure joy of seeing Alex Honnold top out on El Capitan in the film. "I’ve been waiting my entire professional life for this moment," Vasarhelyi ...read more

By Amelia Arvesen
Jan 24, 2019

reel rock 13

It's the three-minute clip climbers and adventure enthusiasts have been waiting for. The REEL ROCK 13 trailer came out today, giving a glimpse into the four jaw-dropping films hitting screens during the tour in November. Tickets are available at reelrocktour.com. Here's the film ...read more

By Amelia Arvesen
Oct 17, 2018

Cover photo of GQ's video of Alex Honnold explaining climbing scenes from movies

Outdoor Industry News

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. Released only two days ago, GQ's video of Alex Honnold explaining Hollywood climbing scenes has more than 600,000 views. Not only is Honnold informative, ...read more

By SNEWS
Feb 20, 2019

El Capitan in Yosemite

Wyoming-based filmmaker and photographer Tristan Greszko condensed 2 hours, 19 minutes, 44 seconds into a 7-minute time lapse of climbers Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds breaking the standing speed record on El Capitan last October. And even though it was a speed ascent, Gobright ...read more

By Amelia Arvesen
Apr 26, 2018

Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold flex after topping out on the Nose in Yosemite

On June 6, 2018, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold set the sub-two-hour speed record on the 3,000-foot Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The duo took the title from Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds, who set it at just under 2:20. The rivalry is captured in the hour-long ...read more

By SNEWS
Nov 26, 2019