CATCH ALEX
OR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL (DStv 181)
This article is based on an interview with Alex Honnold and quotes from Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold and National Geographic’s Free Solo.
It’s taken more than three weeks, but we have finally reached our main objective: Ingmikortilaq (‘the separate one’ in Greenlandic), nearly three times the height of the Empire State Building. I don’t know your definition of adventure, but it’s hard to imagine anything more intrepid than an unclimbed 1143 m wall with icebergs floating below.
The icebergs have gotten prettier, and the reflections on the mountains more beautiful. We still have a good 425 m between us and the summit. We’re travelling light with limited supplies. There is no plan B; we’re going to the top. Two pitches later, we finally begin the most challenging part of the climb, the head wall.
