Very impressive isn't he! Like Bachar and Long before him (and lets not forget Lynn Hill who may have been THE best climber in the world at one time), Alex Honnold has the focus, the confidence, the decision making capacity to pull this off. He looks like a chameleon he is so smooth. These people are amazing athletes. However, I admit that this kind of stuff always makes my stomach grind. Check out Ueli Steck speed climbing the Eiger (in crampons of course) in 2 hrs 47 min. To me Alex H. seems to have it together...but I would hate to be his parents.

I have had some exposure to this before and can appreciate the commitment. In 1979, my old room mate did the first free solo of a 5.10c overhanging, offwidth, squeeze chimney in Squamish called Pipeline. Pretty low key about it too. I read about it in a climbing mag; it was a one liner at the bottom of some page. He is still around. In fact I went to the Winds with him recently.