Summary of Alex Honnold & David Roberts's Alone on the Wall

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#1 I was extremely nervous about climbing Moonlight Buttress. It was one of the hardest crack climbs in the world, and I was planning on free soloing it. The Rocker Blocker, a large ledge at the top of the third pitch, was something I was worried about breaking.

#2 I had planned to get an early start in order to beat the heat, but the water was freezing when I forded the Virgin River. I was wearing only shorts and a T-shirt, and my feet were still cold.

#3 In 2008, Alex Honnold was little known outside of his friends’ circle. Seven years later, at the age of thirty, he is probably the most famous climber in the world.

#4 Free soloing is the most extreme and dangerous form of climbing, and it has been done by only a handful of people. It consists of climbing without a rope or any hardware to attach yourself to the wall. It’s climbing at its purest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669393306

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Insights on Alex Honnold & David Roberts's Alone on the Wall

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was extremely nervous about climbing Moonlight Buttress. It was one of the hardest crack climbs in the world, and I was planning on free soloing it. The Rocker Blocker, a large ledge at the top of the third pitch, was something I was worried about breaking.

#2

I had planned to get an early start in order to beat the heat, but the water was freezing when I forded the Virgin River. I was wearing only shorts and a T-shirt, and my feet were still cold.

#3

In 2008, Alex Honnold was little known outside of his friends’ circle. Seven years later, at the age of thirty, he is probably the most famous climber in the world.

#4

Free soloing is the most extreme and dangerous form of climbing, and it has been done by only a handful of people. It consists of climbing without a rope or any hardware to attach yourself to the wall. It’s climbing at its purest.

#5

Alex Honnold, the best free soloist, doesn’t like risk. He doesn’t like passing over double yellow lines. He doesn’t like rolling the dice. He calls risk the likelihood of actually falling off.

#6

Some of Alex’s friends were worried about the risks he was taking. Caldwell, one of the best rock climbers in the world, said, I’ve never tried to free solo anything really grand. I’ve fallen completely unexpectedly lots of times on relatively easy terrain, when a hold broke