Honnold's solo climb - El Capitan - 2017 

This has to be the most incredible achievement accomplished by man. The physical strength and stamina plus the total concentration to block out the fear and distractions is superhuman.

The single greatest athletic feat of our generation. Alex is a fascinating human and an absolute beast.

My mind can’t compute how he can do this , it’s incredible 😬

Above all his skills, what is great is his courage, confidence and coolness of his mind

This is the most impressive achievement in an extreme sport in the world history, no doubt about it

Forget scoring 38,000 points in basketball. Forget winning 7 Super Bowls. Forget hitting 60 hr. Forget winning Wimbledon or the Pebble Beach Open. Forget winning the heavyweight championship. Forget benching however many lbs. etc etc etc etc. This is the single greatest athletic feat in the history of humanity. And nothing else is even close. Absolutely incomprehensible.

I watched Free Solo four times and was terrified each time I watched the climb. Just mind blowing.

No matter how many times I watch this video, hands always sweat, heart always misses a few beats! Alex achieved a humanly impossible task, he is truly the legend!!!

I had already seen Free Solo, but re-watching Alex's feat leaves me without words to express my wonder that anyone could EVER have accomplished this.

The dude worked out later that afternoon. He scares the crap out of me. He’s amazing.

I've seen him do this climb on video probably a dozen times and I know he makes it and it still keeps me on the edge of my seat. This is one of the truly amazing things a person can do.

I loved the guy walking out of his tent in the unicorn outfit and seeing Alex go by. What a place to camp. What an amazingly talented and amazing athlete. It was a struggle to actually watch him do the freeclimb. The filming was also excellent.

When you thought you fearless ! This guy is from another planet.

It's not just the fitness required, and obviously Alex is extremely fit. It's also the poise and composure necessary. He knows he's one slip from dying at all times, and he has no margin for error. If I tried that, my hands would sweat so much that I couldn't hold onto anything.

There is nothing in this world that gives me the willies like watching this man free solo. I can't imagine being the camera guy.

His art, his physical and mental accomplishment, the face to face with each moment, deep difficulty, vertical dance sometimes, everything is inspiring and summons my failings, fills me with strength.

Spectacular feat! The Traverse passage caused me chills ...

Imagine filming this and how nuts it would be to watch the whole process unfold live. Wow

That is one amazing accomplishment , not only the desire and training . But one important thing that wasn't mentioned, that is genetics , this man has a set of balls the size of weather balloons . I say that very respectfully . My hat is off to you sir .

I could watch this a thousand times and wouldn’t get bored, the bloke is just phenomenal.

This is by far the greatest feat of an athlete anyone will ever witness, in my opinion .

Bro! This guy focus is complete off the charts. Plus his physical ability to do this is 💯 percent. Every inspirational event to witness.

This is one of the greatest feats in human history.

The greatest climbing achievment ever - Impressive and provocating at the same time

This chills me to the bone to watch. There is not a human on this planet, no matter how masterful they are in their craft that can compete with this.

We mere mortals will never be able to comprehend this achievement. It’s another level… Beyond 99.99% of the population. Just be glad we are around to witness this feat.

This has got to be in the top ten most dangerous things a human has ever done on purpose.

A gravity-defying magician who can turn fear into bottomless energy and drive. What a special human being! I hope he will spend more time with his daughter now. He has nothing else to prove to himself and others.

Hats off to the guys who filmed this. I couldn’t watch the whole 6 minutes let alone 4 hours live.

This is absolutely hands down the greatest athletic feat ever accomplished. It’s not even close

I've seen Free Solo and rewatched highlights several times, but it still gives me a level of anxiety to my core. He is a very unique individual to not feel fear and anxiety in a situation like this.

my frickin heart was racing watching this clip...I cannot imagine even attempting to do this. Incredible.

This young man should have received the president’s medal of freedom for his amazing endeavor conquering el captain. This is just so amazing that words can’t describe plus the massive risk he took putting his life on the line to achieve this monumental task. I can’t even do one pull up and can’t even imagine when I was in the army 30 years ago in the best shape of my life (11b infantry 10th mountain division) climbing with no safety harnesses. We climbed and rappelled all the time but I would never even imagine climbing without a rope back then . Alex has balls of steel doing what he did and continues to do without ropes. He really needs to consider using safety equipment now because you can only push your luck so far. What if he grabs a loose rock or water or something. What if his hands or feet cramp up. He’s screwed if that happens. It can happen very easily and so many free solo climbers have died from things like this. He should be very very careful. He made it and conquered el cap and if I was him I wouldn’t push my luck anymore. It’s just a matter of time before something bad happens. I know he loves what he does and lives for it but you just can’t keep tempting fate. None of us are invincible. You think you are when you are young and that nothing will happen to you but when your card is up it is up. I pray 🙏 he doesn’t die doing what he loves. It would be such a big loss.

What an Amazing feat. I had goose bumps watching

This is hands down the most impressive physical achievement by a single human being. Ever.

Alex has more guts and glory than I could ever have on my best day. You are amazing bro keep up the hand clamming videos they are awesome

It makes me queasy just watching this video...

I just watched this for the first time. A friend just told me about Alex Honnold. OMG!!!!!!! I cant believe that a human can do this!! Absolutely incredible!!! Thanks for this video.

Has anyone other than Honnold accomplished this? If not then he is definitely the greatest athlete of all time...bar none.

Simply staggering achievement.

Never ceases to amaze me, the lengths a man will go to just to get some got damn peace & quite...

Just shows what we can achieve when we set our mind full Respect due to this man

Wonder how he managed to climb so high with those giant balls ! I can't even barely watch him climb let alone imagine how I'd feel on that mountain. Damniiiiit! He has a huge set of balls.

It makes your hands sweat to the point where your phone can no longer be gripped. Amazing guy

That was insane crazy I have no idea how he did it but it is quite incredible

That last zoom out shot showing Alex on top and just how huge the mountain is was amazing. 500 times Alex's height. I couldn't even imagine myself crawling for over half a mile on my belly over rock on flat ground.

The most outstanding individual achievement in human history!

Un brivido mi attraversa come una scarica di elettricità, MITO

People don’t seem to understand what lengths he went to prepare. He practiced and visualized each movement and pitch for YEARS until ever minute of the climb and every action was fully memorized. That’s what you have to do.

A four hours endurance in those conditions is quite unbelievable! Great! Chapeau!

Doing this climb and I have done a few easier ones I can’t imagine the focus that it took for him. Absolute focus

as someone with extreme fear of heights even just the thumbnail gave me shivers and even more so watching this

This man has fingers like Levan Saginashvili what a display of strength, willpower and technique.

This video makes my hands and feet sweat from anxiety. This has to be one of the most impressive things a human has ever accomplished.

4 hours of flawless decision making and composure. This guys mind is not like the rest of us.

Allain Robert has done dozens of solos above 5.13b, up to 5.13d, back in the 90s. This is not to devalue Honnold. It is just that crazy tough(er) people are out there.

Most athletic feat ever done in the history of humankind.

This is pure magic and completely unpleasant both at the same time. 💪🏻 And the Phoenix is just unbelievable 🤯

My palms get sweaty just watching i can’t imaging even being at the bottom of the mountain looking straight up

Mind blowing. Hard enough to watch on film, let alone actually doing it.

Wow...words falls short to describe him.

I am afraid that if I watch this too often, sooner or later he will fall.

GREATEST SINGLE PHYSICAL FEAT IN HUMAN HISTORY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This video made my palms sweat…. Absolutely mental Alex is a beast

This has to be watched in VR! It's awesome.

For me, the section of the video starting at 4:30 is the most breathtaking moment of the climb, even more than the boulder problem

INSANE ATLETISM INSANE NERVES INSANE ALEX BE CAREFUL DUDE!!!

Legend... Just knowing him, something gets unlocked within oneself...

Not gonna lie. It was terrifying just to watch this YT clip.

One of the most exciting and intense documentary I've ever seen

I was very disappointed the DVD didnt have extended footage of the climb. Should have been a bonus feature. He should put out a DVD with several of his climbs. Truly spectacular stuff. I'd buy it for sure.

I watched it but I could barely believe what I witnessed! Arguably it matches a feat by a late friend of mine, John Tarrant, in a different sport - ultra running. John (known as 'The Ghost Runner') suffered from undiagnosed stomach cancer. Not long before his death he competed in a 100 miles track race. He collapsed but picked himself up and ran himself almost senseless finishing not far off the world record. Of course it's impossible to accurately compare performances in totally different sports, but dress outstanding bravery in any cloak and its light dazzles the senses.

I heard , after climbing El capitán, the next day He went right back to practicing his climbing drills . Now that's dedication

Never mind how many times I have watched this feat it's always shivers down my spine

Definitely just about shit my pants watching this. GOD bless him

All I can say is incredible & amazing!!!!! Even the monkey can't climb there but this guy the best athlete in the world!!! Deserve to have million views!!! Sending love from Philippines ❤❤❤❤❤

There's a whole documentary about this climb called: Free Solo. It goes into Alex's past, and focuses on his relationship with his girlfriend, and stuff like that. So dont expect to watch 90 minutes of climbing, but its amazing. Ive watched it a couple times. Would definitely recommend

To me personally That has got to be the boldest thing I’ve watched it defies belief what he has achieved the word super human get used a lot when it shouldn’t in this case this beyond super human am actually struggling to get my head around this I’ve watched this a few times and every time I watch it am in more awe than the previous watch …….👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏all the best from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I do not understand why this gentleman never got invited to the Whitehouse. They invite hocket teams, etc,

This dude has must have hacked the Matrix or something, because that is some next level.

Unbelievable 😮 all I can say is, actually I don’t know what to say. I’m speechless.

There is the GOAT and then there is Alex Honnold the MOUNTAIN GOAT.

My palms are sweaty just watching this. Incredible!!

if I've ever drank too much on a weekend, ill watch this video and get a nice detox after sweating profusely through the entire thing

I really deeply breath in when A is standing at the top. He is the little red dot on this massive earth rock. I said, cheers mate soak it in. You are the one and only have a grand look down on your achievement.

Just unbelievable! The human spirit is amazing!

I do not understand how a human being could do this. I would be absolutely terrified. One slip. one miscalculation and your going to die.

The highest physical achievement from a human so far

Very well written. I feel genuinely uplifted (forgive the pun). “The planning is all” said Hamlet to the players. So inspiring-Thank you!

Incredible feat. Much respect.

I had to Google his name to see if Honnold has died yet. One mistake and he’s dead. No, he’s still alive, but why not take up a civilized hobby such as piano. It’s only a matter of time. With kids, they’ll be orphans.

He practiced this mountain many times with ropes. He has balls to trust his endurance the entire way up.

i do bouldering and some rock climbing (100 feet max) with the harness of course.. i cannot even imagine what it takes to do something like this.. he s an alien in all probability..

saw his climb now for almost the tenth time and my hands are still sweating. i dont know why someone is risking his whole life for this kind of incredible arreachment but it's amazing and brutal honest - one mistake and youre dead! i couldnt do this for no money or prestige of this world! but im very impressed!

Incomprehensible.

I literally almost fainted a couple times watching this video. I had to close my eyes several times. Just incredible

Une des meilleures vidéos d escalade que j ai vu. Amazing !

😨Now that is truly amazing!😀

Anyone else notice the mountain moving at 4:37 in the background?

Clearly a unique individual, one of a kind (" genuine balls of steel