Honnold Makes First Free-Solo of University Wall

Alex Honnold

spent much of the summer in Squamish. On his 29th bir thday, he climbed 290 pitches on and around The Chief. He later made the f irst free-solo of Universit y Wall 5.12a eight pitches. “It’s a lways represented that burly crack climbing st yle to me. It’s like the hardman version of Astroman,” said Honnold about U Wall.