Alex Honnold’s New Big Thing is Little

Follow as we spend a day with BD athlete Alex Honnold as he tries his latest "mini" project.

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As the world’s premier free soloist and adventure climber, Alex Honnold has a reputation for BIG sends. So when we were invited to check out his latest project in Red Rock, Nevada, we imagined big things. What we found was altogether different.

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