17 December 2014

Honnold Foundation - Solar Aid interview

Planet Experts has a very interesting interview with Alex Honnold regarding his Honnold foundation. The Foundations aim is "Improving Lives Through Sustainability". The foundation offers grants to organisations and the focus has been Solar Aid which started in Chad in 2010. During the last seven years, the most famous solo climber in the world, has lived in his van on roughly USD 1 000 a month. In his 8a scorecard, Alex has 798 ascents recorded up to 8c+ including all his solo ascents. “Honestly, a big part of why I started the Foundation was to be able to have interviews like this,” Honnold told me before hanging up, “as opposed to interviews about death and fear and all the risk-taking or whatever. I’d much rather spend my time talking about cool issues that are actually important to the world.”.
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