Living and traveling in a small van, Honnold spent his days climbing – getting better and more confident with each step. READ: Anna Gasser – ‘As I took off I knew there was no way back,’ says snowboarder Jimmy Chin/National Geographic/Jimmy Chin
The American lives off a mostly vegetarian diet. It culminates in a vertigo-inducing karate kick to an opposing wall, where his life depends on whether he makes contact with a toe-sized ledge.
The section involves a number of intricate movements with Honnold clinging onto pea-sized ledges 2,000 feet above the meadow below. Honnold chose to climb the southwest face of the wall, a familiar route known as Freerider, which is split into 30 different pitches.īut this particular route included a perilous sequence which spooked the seemingly unflappable Honnold – the Boulder Problem. “But the idea of doing it without a rope is a step further it seems.” “It’s definitely a bigger mental challenge than it is physical,” he said, explaining that he and many others have climbed the rock face multiple times with harnesses attached.Ī bigger mental challenge than it is physical The trick to not falling, is not leaving anything to chance and training your mind for every possible outcome.
Each foot hold has been mapped out months in advance, every thumb grip visualized hundreds of times. The truth is that every move is choreographed. Samuel Crossley/National Geographic/Samuel Cross El Capitan is at the centre of the rock climbing world.
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