Sunday 16 May 2021

Alex Honnold - biography

I will introduce a climber. His name is Alex Honnold who was born in USA in 1985. He started climbing at 5 years old. He did well at schools, but he dropped out of a college to focus on climbing.

He is free solo climber which means climbing rocks without tools. It means he will die if he fails.

He is the only person of free solo climbed El Capitan, which is the mountain of 900m high, in Yosemite Notional Park. He climbed the rock cliff in 19 hours. The challenge was only one day, but it took nearly a year to prepare.
https://films.nationalgeographic.com/free-solo

He is shy, but he has a bold performance and calm judgement when he climbs. A scientist, who was interested in his brain, has examined his brain waves. Then, the scientist found that a fearful part of his brain was less responsive than a normal person.

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