Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 16 minutes ago
Things Get Weird With Free Solo Legend Alex Honnold on a London Cable Car. Alex joins Hannah Morris, presented by The North Face Climb Festival.
This video might be the biggest collaboration we’ve ever filmed for Hannah Morris Bouldering. Today, we’re spending some time with one of the most well known figures in rock climbing: professional climber and The North Face athlete: Alex Honnold.
Over the course of a remarkable career, he’s become best known for climbing cliff faces, or more recently, skyscrapers, without ropes. Almost ten years ago, he achieved mainstream fame as the star of the Academy Award winning Free Solo, a film that told the story of his unroped ascent of Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite.
Due to the success of Free Solo and more this year, the Netflix livestream of his accent of the skyscraper Taipei 101, he’s risen to a prominence that would have been unthinkable for climbing just a decade ago and that rise to prominence hasn't been gained without ruffling some feathers. This interview was conducted at the North Face Climb Festival in London,
Armed with some iconic British snacks and a handful of notes, I wanted to ask Alex some questions around themes of exploration, exposure, motivation, ego, fame, and building a career as an athlete and a public figure in a sport with roots in anti establishment & counterculture. I hope you enjoy!
It's time to really get to know Alex Honnold and his wildest opinions, in a slightly unconventional interview.
Alex is the most famous rock climber in the world. His daredevil free solo ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan - regarded as one of the greatest sporting feats of all time - saw him rise to Hollywood fame. Later, his Netflix livestream scaling Tapei 101 helped him further become a household name worldwide.
In this video, Alex Honnold and I:
🧗 Rank British Snacks
🧗 Talk About His Biggest Anxieties
🧗 Compare Tapei 101 and Free Solo
🧗 Discuss The Commercialisation of Climbing
00:00 Who Is Alex Honnold?
01:50 Meeting Alex
03:40 Does Alex Watch YouTube?
05:00 Fear of Heights, Fame and Celebrity
08:00 Impact and Criticism of Tapei 101
10:55 Changing Motivations
12:58 Being Anxious
14:55 Deep Water Soloing
16:25 Alex Reacts To My Injury
17:38 Alex Tries British Food and Drink
22:20 Common Misconceptions
24:45 Who Inspires Alex?
25:55 What Music Does Alex Listen While Climbing?
27:15 Next Climbing Project?
28:00 Weird Fan Requests
29:50 Being Introverted
30:45 Climbing London Landmarks
31:20 Managing Perfectionism and Failure
35:55 Commercialisation of Climbing
38:40 Does The Future of Climbing Look Good?
41:35 The Honnold Foundation
43:40 Is Alex a Celebrity?
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Things Get Weird With Free Solo Legend Alex Honnold on a London Cable Car. Alex joins Hannah Morris, presented by The North Face Climb Festival.
This video might be the biggest collaboration we’ve ever filmed for Hannah Morris Bouldering. Today, we’re spending some time with one of the most well known figures in rock climbing: professional climber and The North Face athlete: Alex Honnold.
Over the course of a remarkable career, he’s become best known for climbing cliff faces, or more recently, skyscrapers, without ropes. Almost ten years ago, he achieved mainstream fame as the star of the Academy Award winning Free Solo, a film that told the story of his unroped ascent of Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite.
Due to the success of Free Solo and more this year, the Netflix livestream of his accent of the skyscraper Taipei 101, he’s risen to a prominence that would have been unthinkable for climbing just a decade ago and that rise to prominence hasn't been gained without ruffling some feathers. This interview was conducted at the North Face Climb Festival in London,
Armed with some iconic British snacks and a handful of notes, I wanted to ask Alex some questions around themes of exploration, exposure, motivation, ego, fame, and building a career as an athlete and a public figure in a sport with roots in anti establishment & counterculture. I hope you enjoy!
It's time to really get to know Alex Honnold and his wildest opinions, in a slightly unconventional interview.
Alex is the most famous rock climber in the world. His daredevil free solo ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan - regarded as one of the greatest sporting feats of all time - saw him rise to Hollywood fame. Later, his Netflix livestream scaling Tapei 101 helped him further become a household name worldwide.
In this video, Alex Honnold and I:
🧗 Rank British Snacks
🧗 Talk About His Biggest Anxieties
🧗 Compare Tapei 101 and Free Solo
🧗 Discuss The Commercialisation of Climbing
00:00 Who Is Alex Honnold?
01:50 Meeting Alex
03:40 Does Alex Watch YouTube?
05:00 Fear of Heights, Fame and Celebrity
08:00 Impact and Criticism of Tapei 101
10:55 Changing Motivations
12:58 Being Anxious
14:55 Deep Water Soloing
16:25 Alex Reacts To My Injury
17:38 Alex Tries British Food and Drink
22:20 Common Misconceptions
24:45 Who Inspires Alex?
25:55 What Music Does Alex Listen While Climbing?
27:15 Next Climbing Project?
28:00 Weird Fan Requests
29:50 Being Introverted
30:45 Climbing London Landmarks
31:20 Managing Perfectionism and Failure
35:55 Commercialisation of Climbing
38:40 Does The Future of Climbing Look Good?
41:35 The Honnold Foundation
43:40 Is Alex a Celebrity?
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