Alex Honnold Net Worth: $2 million
For someone who competes in the sport of rock climbing, Alex Honnold’s net worth is outstanding at slightly over $2 million.
Alex Honnold average annual income is about $200,000. Only roughly $15,000 can be made annually by a climber from their sport alone. People at the top of their game can make up to $300k annually.
By maintaining a simple lifestyle and travelling for the most of the year, Alex saves a lot of money. His aggressive disposition may also contribute to his rising wealth. From the Yosemite Salathe Wall to the Green Mile in California in 2010, Alex Honnold accomplished an incredible diversity of climbs in 2007.
Along with many more climbs in between, Alex also completed the Yosemite Triple Crown in 2012 and the Torre Traverse in Patagonia in 2016. As the first person to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, his most recent and famous climb is the one for which he has shot to more prominence.
Alex Honnold Biography:
Honnold, the son of DierdreWolownick and Charles Honnold, two community college instructors, was born on August 17, 1985, in Sacramento, California. His maternal ancestry is Polish, while his paternal ancestry is German.
He started climbing in the climbing gym at the age of 5, and by the time he was ten, he was going several times a week. As a youngster, Honnold competed in a number of regional, national, and international youth climbing competitions.
In 2003, he enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program at Mira Loma High School and began studying civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.The first year of college was difficult for him. He opted to rent an apartment from a family acquaintance rather than live in the dorms, which prevented him from making many friends. In addition to being singled out during his first year of college, his grandmother passed away the same year that his parents got divorced.
He frequently skipped class. He did not return to college after taking a semester out to prepare for the National Climbing Championships in Scotland. After graduating from high school, he spent his free time climbing and driving around California in his mother’s minivan. He stayed in a tent and rode a bicycle after the minivan was destroyed.From 2004 through 2009, he claimed, he subsisted on less than $1,000 per month.
Honnold is a 5 ft 10 in. tall person. He eats vegetarianism. He doesn’t drink or take any other drugs, either. He considers himself to be an atheist who is anti-religion and a feminist. He enjoys reading and has interests in classic literature, economics, and environmentalism.
Career:
He participated in climbing competitions for the most of his life, but until roughly 2007, he was barely known among climbers. In Yosemite Valley that same year, climber Peter Croft replicated his achievement from 1987 by free soloing Astroman and Rostrum.
After this accomplishment, he just got known to the climbing community. Because of how challenging the climb was and the fact that it was April 1st, many people assumed he was joking. The following year, he managed to free solo the 1,200-foot-tall finger crack that divides Zion’s Moonlight Buttress.
He established a new world record in 2012 by climbing Yosemite’s 2,000-foot-tall Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome in two hours and twenty-two minutes.
By 2009, he had gained some notoriety for his climbing and had signed a three-year contract, but the general public knew very little about him. For endurance climbing, he received the Golden Piton Award in 2010.
He was recognised as one of the best free solo rock climbers in the world as of 2011. In the spring of that year, he was featured on the cover of National Geographic, and in the winter, he attempted to beat the record for the quickest ascent of El Capitan but came up 45 seconds short.
He was featured in the climbing documentary “Alone on the Wall” after explaining his free solo ascent of Half Dome’s Regular Northwest Face on “60 Minutes.”
Cliff Bar has sponsorship arrangements with five of the climbers featured in “Valley Uprising,” a 2014 documentary documenting the expansion of rock climbing in Yosemite Park, including Honnold.
Honnold accomplished a free solo ascent of the 2,900-foot Freerider route on El Capitan on June 3, 2017. The fact that he was able to ascend in 3 hours and 56 minutes is one of the greatest athletic achievements in history.
Honnold Wife:
Honnold confronted Sandi McCandless in 2015 when she was signing books. Late in 2019, they started dating. The couple was married in September 2020. One of the main subjects of the documentary “Free Solo” was the bond between the pair. He began making loans in 2012, using a third of his income to fund solar projects that would increase access to energy globally. In order to enable and promote the use of solar energy in underdeveloped nations, he turned this idea into the nonprofit organisation known as the Honnold Foundation.
Alex Honnold Daughter:
McCandless gave birth to their daughter on February 17, 2022. DierdreWolownick, Honnold’s mother, made a record by climbing El Capitan at the age of 66, making her the oldest woman to have done it.
Alex Honnold climbing Routines:
World-class climbing requires motivation and commitment. His daily schedule includes lots of exercise and always begins early.
For Alex Honnold, overcoming his fear of free climbing is just as important as finding motivation within himself to achieve success. As reserved as he can be in social settings, he has learned to embrace his fear of free-solo verticals and utilise it to his advantage.
He is given the motivation to continue climbing by the fear, which also brings his movements into sharp focus. The best approach to put these feelings into practise is to actually pay attention to them and let them direct your next course of action.
Awards:
Golden Piton Award for Long-Distance Climbing in 2010 (Climbing Magazine).
Piolets d’Or for 2015.
Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for different climbs in 2018 ( American Alpine Club).
