Built for Honnold

BD Athlete Alex Honnold has never been a fan of wide cracks.

Or as he puts it a little more bluntly: “Offwidth climbing sucks.”

But even Honnold has to thrust his body into deep fissures from time to time.

“Many of the most classic routes in the world, like the Freerider (VI 5.13a) on El Cap, or great desert towers have heinous wide pitches guarding the summit,” says Honnold. “I wanted to find a way to make chimneys and wide cracks a little more mellow. Luckily I knew just the folks to talk to.”

When Honnold once again came to BD for a solution, we got to work.