On the morning of January 14 2015, a few years before becoming the biggest name in rock climbing, a relatively low profile Alex Honnold was interviewed by a local news station on his friend Tommy Caldwell's imminent completion of the Dawn Wall.

Incorrectly named "Alex Honnlove" in the accompanying news article, Honnold gives a pretty classic interview. He tries and fails several times to explain why hard routes are hard, and then freaks out the interviewer by describing his plans to jug Tommy Caldwell's infant son up the East Ledges to meet him at the top of El Cap.

Link to the original ABC7 article:
https://abc7.com/yosemiteelcapitan...