Piolets d'Or
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The Piolets d'Or is an annual mountaineering and alpine climbing award organized by the Groupe de Haute Montagne, and previously with co-founder Montagnes Magazine, since its founding in 1992. Golden
2017 winners Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov with their "Golden Ice Axe"
Alex Honnold
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Alexander J Honnold is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big wall climbing routes. Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free so
Piolets d'Or
…biggest prize", and that even though it had some vocal critics, it had widespread support amongst the climbing community. On receiving a Piolet in 2015, Alex Honnold told National Geographic, "I've always joked that if I won a Piolet d’Or I'd retire from climbing ... and I do think it’s appropriate to honor some…
Honnold in 2023
Honnold at the Trento Film Festival in 2014
Honnold in 2022