FILE PHOTO: Climber Alex Honnold, from the Academy Award nominated documentary "Free Solo", poses for a picture next to the iconic sign in the Hollywood hills of Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 1, 2019. Picture taken February 1, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FIle Photo
(Reuters) - The Olympics could take climbing to new heights says Alex Honnold who might have had winning a gold medal as his goal growing up instead of an historic free solo climb up El Capitan if the sport had been part of the Summer Games.
Honnold's heart-stopping ascent of Yosemite's 3,200-foot sheer granite slab in 2017 turned into an Oscar-winning documentary and was a watershed moment for the sport.
