Professional rock climber Alex Honnold was living simply, frugally and sustainably in his van so he could climb all over the US and the world, when he founded the Honnold Foundation in 2012. But his reputation, as GQ magazine pointed out in 2015, is larger than life. 

“He’s mostly known for big, death-defying wall climbs,” it said. “He completed the first solo climbs of University Wall at Squamish, finished the Yosemite Triple Crown (setting a speed record of 18 hours and 50 minutes), and became the second person in 20 years to complete a free solo climb of Astroman and Rostrum (also in Yosemite Valley) in one day. What makes these accomplishments especially fraught is that they’re often accomplished without partners, ropes, or any of the other accessories that would identify someone as sane.”