NUEVO LEON, Mexico, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Climber Alex Honnold scaled the 1,500 foot rock wall El Sendero Luminoso in Mexico with no rope, no net and no climbing gear.
It's called "free-soloing," and Honnold did it on the wall, which is rated a 5.12D on the Yosemite decimal system -- meaning the surface is as smooth as glass and vertical.
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He climbed with his bare hands using the tiny crevices to move himself up the wall. The climb can take up to two days but Honnold did it in just 3 hours, giving credence to the moniker the "real-life Spider-Man."
The climb was documented by the Camp for Collective for the North Face.
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