![Who needs ropes? Fearless free climber clutches on by his fingertips to scale 2,500ft rock face that is 'as smooth as glass' | Daily Mail Online Who needs ropes? Fearless free climber clutches on by his fingertips to scale 2,500ft rock face that is 'as smooth as glass' | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/13/article-0-1B72CCB600000578-930_964x541.jpg)
Who needs ropes? Fearless free climber clutches on by his fingertips to scale 2,500ft rock face that is 'as smooth as glass' | Daily Mail Online
![El Capitan rock climber Alex Honnold at home in Las Vegas | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Las Vegas Review-Journal El Capitan rock climber Alex Honnold at home in Las Vegas | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Las Vegas Review-Journal](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/11571275_web1_ALEX-HONNOLD-DECXX-18-bh-018.jpg?w=951)
El Capitan rock climber Alex Honnold at home in Las Vegas | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Las Vegas Review-Journal
![Matt Ufford on Twitter: "holy crap, look at Alex Honnold's hands! like someone pitched "what if the Rock Biter, but stronger" https://t.co/oj2ugBPYon" / Twitter Matt Ufford on Twitter: "holy crap, look at Alex Honnold's hands! like someone pitched "what if the Rock Biter, but stronger" https://t.co/oj2ugBPYon" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzzuakGWsAIGHee.jpg:large)
Matt Ufford on Twitter: "holy crap, look at Alex Honnold's hands! like someone pitched "what if the Rock Biter, but stronger" https://t.co/oj2ugBPYon" / Twitter
![Dave Miller on Twitter: "The amazing @AlexHonnold just free-soloed El Capitan. Here are his climbing hands and my typing ones... https://t.co/CGsLqsDzrX" / Twitter Dave Miller on Twitter: "The amazing @AlexHonnold just free-soloed El Capitan. Here are his climbing hands and my typing ones... https://t.co/CGsLqsDzrX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBcw4R7UQAAF9kc.jpg)