On Episode 179 of the Enormocast, I sit down with Dierdre Wolownick, perhaps better known in the climbing world as Alex Honnold’s mom. Up until now, Dierdre has appeared to the climbing world as a talking head in Alex’s movies, and I believe, she’s a bit misunderstood. Dierdre has recently put her thoughts on raising … <p class="link-more"><a href="https://enormocast.com/2019/07/episode-179-dierdre-wolownick-mother-of-honnolds/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Episode 179: Dierdre Wolownick – Mother of Honnolds."</span></a></p>

The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Episode 179: Dierdre Wolownick – Mother of Honnolds.

With 35 years of climbing experience and going on 14 years behind the mic, Chris Kalous brings interviews, tributes, discussion, tears, and lots of laughs from the full breadth of the climbing zeitgeist. Rock climbing, bigwall (big wall?) climbing, alpinism, ice climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. If it’s climbing related, it’s here. In the words of Alex Honnold, “If you are a climber, you pretty much have to do the Enormocast.”