What is the hardest free solo climb in the world?

Asked by: Ramon Smith

The hardest climbing route to be free soloed is “Panem et Circenses“, a 5.14b climb near Arco, Italy. The 15-m route was climbed without ropes by 52-year-old Alfredo Webber (Italy) in March 2021.

What is the hardest climb ever done?

Silence (climb)

What is the greatest free solo of all time?

Alexander Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls, in particular his free soloing of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park in 2017.

Are there any female free solo climbers?

Emily Harrington climbed her way into the history books last week, becoming the first woman to free-climb the Golden Gate route of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan in less than one day.

Who is the best freestyle climber?

Alex Honnold

Alex Honnold is without a doubt the best free climber in the world. Aged just 31 years old, he has made a huge name for himself worldwide for scaling some of the world’s toughest faces without any safety equipment in record time.

Who is better than Alex Honnold?

Tommy Caldwell is the best big wall climber in history. He has set about 50% of the free routes on El Capitan, including the two monumental routes on the Dawn Wall (the largest, blanket wall in the world). He’s been climbing at a world-class level since he was 16 years old, and he’s yet to slow down.

Who is better Alex Honnold or Adam Ondra?

Ondra is probably the best indoor climber in the world, and probably the best outdoor climber in the world, and certainly the best combination of the two. Even those who are more famous, like Alex Honnold, say that Adam Ondra is the best climber on earth.

Who is the best free soloist in the world?

Alex Honnold is one of the best and most inspiring free climbers of the current generation of climbers. In June 2017, he climbed El Capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA) via the “Freerider” route without a rope or belay.

Has anyone else free soloed El Cap?

Who has free soloed El Cap? On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold completed the first free solo climb of El Capitan. He ascended the Freerider line in 3 hours and 56 minutes, beginning at 5:32 am and reaching the peak at 9:28 am. The climb was filmed for the 2018 documentary Free Solo.

Is Tommy Caldwell the best climber in the world?

At the time, their 19-day ascent was considered by some as the hardest successful rock climb in history. In 2015, National Geographic called Caldwell “arguably the best all-around rock climber on the planet“.
Tommy Caldwell.