BURSTAlex Honnold appears in a new short film from Black Diamond climbing near Lake Tahoe, where he sends the East Face of the Plectrum 5.13b. Honnold then goes alone up All American Finger Crack, an esthetic 5.9 first climbed in the 1970s.
The film description reads, “Alex Honnold is entering his trad dad era. But don’t let that fool you. The guy can still crank. Remember, this is the same dude who would casually onsight 5.13 splitters in the desert as a burgeoning youth before he became the Oscar-winning superstar he is today. We recently caught up with Honnold for a day of trad-cragging near his home in Tahoe.
“With fellow BD Athletes Carlo Traversi and Nik Berry, the crew bushwacked to an obscure splitter high in the mountains to test their mettle and pain-tolerance. As you’ll see in this film directed, edited, and shot by Carlo, old Honnbold’s still got it.”
Honnold is one of the world’s most accomplished climbers, with several firsts to his name, including the first free-solo of El Capitan via Freerider. If you don’t already, be sure to follow him on Instagram below.
Honnold at Tahoe
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