21 December 2022
Honnold soloed The Phoenix 7c+ in 2006
Alex Honnold soloed in 2006, on his 2nd go as marked in his logbook. It should be mentioned that 8a has a policy to not make news about solo climbing as we do not want to encourage this in order to get a headline. However, over the years, we have sometimes made exceptions for Honnold as these news spread globally anyhow. This is something we have discussed with Honnold and he thinks thatโs fine. In any case, back in 2006, we did not publish the Phoenix solo news.
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