Guy Who Climbed The Las Vegas Sphere May Have Been Famous 'free Solo' Climber Alex Honnold

Vidoes person been circulating online of immoderate dude pinch a batch of moxie climbing to nan apical of the Sphere successful Las Vegas, prompting galore to wonderment who nan hellhole this feline is, and what nan hellhole he's doing up there. At first glance, it seems a spot for illustration a repetition of nan "Pro-Life Spider-Man" guy who climbed to nan apical of nan Sphere successful February of 2024 to raise money for his anti-choice causes. Welp, luckily for each of us, that doesn't look to beryllium nan case.

Unlike that situation, which was a clear enactment of vandalism, this stunt seems to beryllium sanctioned and carried retired by nary different than Alex Honnold, a celebrated stone climber known for doing each sorts of chaotic climbing stunts connected buildings and different monolithic things crossed nan world. While it's not technically confirmed by immoderate charismatic sources tied to Honnold aliases nan Sphere, folks online were capable to put 2 and 2 together to fig retired what was going on.

That feline climbing nan Sphere nan different time (being filmed by a helicopter) was apparently Alex Honnold. pic.twitter.com/25k3CsgoqK

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) April 16, 2026

One Redditor pointed out that nan stunt is much apt than not immoderate benignant of promo sprout for nan movie "From nan Edge," which is group to premiere astatine nan Sphere sometime later this year. It features a fistful of utmost athletics athletes, including Honnold, taking viewers wrong their weird and chaotic worlds. All of their students were changeable by Sphere Entertainment's proprietary camera system, which is meant specifically to seizure images to beryllium shown connected nan Sphere's monolithic display, according to a merchandise from nan company.

People besides evidently noticed nan chopper pinch a monolithic camera bolted to its nose, connected nan dots and and came to nan conclusion that Honnold was apt up location connected April 16 filming thing for nan movie.

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Sure, Honnold is an master — 1 of nan astir accomplished free climbers successful nan world pinch his stunt climb astatine nan Taipei 101 building streaming unrecorded to millions connected Netflix earlier this year — but that doesn't make this accomplishment immoderate little impressive.

I mean, astatine a very basal level, nan Sphere is big, 366 feet gangly astatine its peak. I cognize that doesn't sound for illustration a lot, but you've gotta retrieve that it's curved, meaning that astatine nan opening of his climb, Honnold would person been climbing while besides trying not to autumn level connected his back. Once he sewage past that it astir apt sewage easier, acknowledgment to nan lattice-like building of nan Sphere, but it still isn't a elemental feat. Las Vegas isn't precisely known for its forgiving climate, and nan upwind was surely going to beryllium a nightmare.

A man has climbed nan up nan Sphere successful Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/lQ8CHcJo92

— 🅽🅴🆁🅳🆈 (@Nerdy_Addict) April 16, 2026

Eyewitness video changeable from an precocious level of nan adjacent Venetian Hotel's North Tower, shared pinch The Washington Post, shows Honnold stepping to nan apical of nan Sphere erstwhile nan aboveground leveled retired enough. We past spot nan camera chopper travel into view, pointed straight astatine nan climber. At first glance, it could beryllium seen arsenic a constabulary chopper of immoderate sort, but it very quickly becomes clear that it's immoderate benignant of movie rig.

Of course, climbing nan Sphere successful a semi-controlled situation isn't astir arsenic grueling arsenic nan stunt that first made Honnold a family sanction backmost successful 2018 erstwhile his documentary film, "Free Solo" premiered astatine nan Telluride Film Festival. In nan movie, Honnold does 1 of nan astir mind-bogging stunts I've ever seen: nan first-ever free solo climb of a way connected El Capitan — a 3,000-foot stone wall — successful Yosemite National Park. The only due connection to picture nan accomplishment is "gnarly."

Maybe climbing nan Sphere isn't that wild, aft all. Well, I conjecture it would beryllium for you and me, but I'm not going up there.