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Free Solo

Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.

Director

Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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Genre

documentary, adventure, sport

Box Office

$17,541,090

Production

National Geographic Documentary Films,Little Monster Films,Itinerant Media,Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 30 wins & 55 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/

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Subtitles by explosiveskull - Free Solo

Subtitles by explosiveskull

Our next guest is a free soloing
phenomenon, please welcome Alex Honnold. - Free Solo

Our next guest is a free soloing phenomenon, please welcome ...

One little mistake, one little
slip, and you fall and die. - Free Solo

One little mistake, one little slip, and you fall and die.

Yeah, I mean, uh, you
seem to understand it well... - Free Solo

Yeah, I mean, uh, you seem to understand it well...

And I feel like anybody could
conceivably die on any given day. - Free Solo

And I feel like anybody could conceivably die on any given d...

Soloing makes it feel far more
immediate and much more present. - Free Solo

Soloing makes it feel far more immediate and much more prese...

Does it feel different
to be up there without a rope? - Free Solo

Does it feel different to be up there without a rope?

When you're climbing without
a rope, it's obviously like - Free Solo

When you're climbing without a rope, it's obviousl...

You know, it's a whole
different experience. - Free Solo

You know, it's a whole different experience.

So it's not like I'm just
pushing and pushing and pushing - Free Solo

So it's not like I'm just pushing and pushing and ...

But maybe that's why
it's dangerous for me. - Free Solo

But maybe that's why it's dangerous for me.

Maybe I'm too close to it and I can't
tell that I'm speeding towards a cliff. - Free Solo

Maybe I'm too close to it and I can't tell that I&...

You know, when I'm doing these hard free
solos I like to think that the risk, - Free Solo

You know, when I'm doing these hard free solos I like t...

And that's kind of like one of the
appeals of free soloing, you know, - Free Solo

And that's kind of like one of the appeals of free solo...

So, do you think that, uh, being a rock
climber has been a positive or negative - Free Solo

So, do you think that, uh, being a rock climber has been a p...

Um, I just travel too
much and I live in a car. - Free Solo

Um, I just travel too much and I live in a car.

Let's talk through some of
the climbing adventures you've had. - Free Solo

Let's talk through some of the climbing adventures you&...

When I did it, it was like,
"Oh," you know, kind of groundbreaking, - Free Solo

When I did it, it was like, "Oh," you know, kind o...

But for me it always felt
quite easy and pretty secure. - Free Solo

But for me it always felt quite easy and pretty secure.

Well, that wasn't where you
stopped, because that next challenge then - Free Solo

Well, that wasn't where you stopped, because that next ...

Half Dome was a huge step for me
because it was twice as big as anything - Free Solo

Half Dome was a huge step for me because it was twice as big...

Free soloing is so
dangerous that less than 1% of people - Free Solo

Free soloing is so dangerous that less than 1% of people

And then you have to,
like, reel it all back in. - Free Solo

And then you have to, like, reel it all back in.

What is next in
free solo climbing? - Free Solo

What is next in free solo climbing?

Well, I don't know, I mean,
I've thought about El Cap, like, - Free Solo

Well, I don't know, I mean, I've thought about El ...

I'm aiming towards the most
beautiful valley on earth. - Free Solo

I'm aiming towards the most beautiful valley on earth.

I remember coming to Yosemite as a little
kid and my dad would always have a little - Free Solo

I remember coming to Yosemite as a little kid and my dad wou...

As soon as you see El Cap it's like,
"Oh, there it is, pretty exciting." - Free Solo

As soon as you see El Cap it's like, "Oh, there it...

I probably feel extra comfortable
in the van now because I've lived - Free Solo

I probably feel extra comfortable in the van now because I&#...

My first van, well, I actually
stole the family minivan. - Free Solo

My first van, well, I actually stole the family minivan.

My dad died when I was
19 and I, I quit school. - Free Solo

My dad died when I was 19 and I, I quit school.

Six years ago I was living in a Walmart
parking lot and spending eighty-eight cents - Free Solo

Six years ago I was living in a Walmart parking lot and spen...

Living in a van is great but, you know,
at a certain point it'd be nice to have a - Free Solo

Living in a van is great but, you know, at a certain point i...

Hmm, I mean, she's very supportive
about, like, you know, you have to do you. - Free Solo

Hmm, I mean, she's very supportive about, like, you kno...

But yeah, there probably will be
plenty of girlfriends in my life, - Free Solo

But yeah, there probably will be plenty of girlfriends in my...

- You ever free solo? -No and nobody has.
- Why haven't you done it yet? - Free Solo

- You ever free solo? -No and nobody has. - Why haven't...

Um, look at it, like, I mean, you know,
think about it, it's freaking scary. - Free Solo

Um, look at it, like, I mean, you know, think about it, it&#...

I don't know, so I mean I've thought about
this since 2009, like, each year since 2009, - Free Solo

I don't know, so I mean I've thought about this si...

So I'm like, "Uh." But the
thing is I'll never be content, - Free Solo

So I'm like, "Uh." But the thing is I'll...

Because, like, if I do all the work and
I'm still like, "This is messed up," - Free Solo

Because, like, if I do all the work and I'm still like,...

Or maybe just somebody who
has nothing to live for. - Free Solo

Or maybe just somebody who has nothing to live for.

When I thought about El Cap years ago, there
were question marks all over the walls. - Free Solo

When I thought about El Cap years ago, there were question m...

It's like I don't know about this
pitch, I don't know about that pitch, - Free Solo

It's like I don't know about this pitch, I don...

If the ultimate dream is to solo El Cap,
then I need a good map of what that will - Free Solo

If the ultimate dream is to solo El Cap, then I need a good ...

If I'm going to do it, Free
Rider seems like the best route. - Free Solo

If I'm going to do it, Free Rider seems like the best r...

I feel like we should do what we did
before which would be you lead the, yeah, - Free Solo

I feel like we should do what we did before which would be y...

I'm just gonna try to shoot this
pitch and the traverse pitch and then - Free Solo

I'm just gonna try to shoot this pitch and the traverse...

The idea of going up
on El Cap with Tommy Caldwell - Free Solo

The idea of going up on El Cap with Tommy Caldwell

Look at those fixed ropes
the first climb. - Free Solo

Look at those fixed ropes the first climb.

Tommy's been a hero
of mine since I was a kid. - Free Solo

Tommy's been a hero of mine since I was a kid.

I didn't technically have posters
of him up in my room as a kid, - Free Solo

I didn't technically have posters of him up in my room ...

Tommy is the one that explored
every aspect of the wall. - Free Solo

Tommy is the one that explored every aspect of the wall.

And most of the routes that he's put up on El
Cap haven't been repeated because they're, - Free Solo

And most of the routes that he's put up on El Cap haven...

And then, ultimately culminated
with the Dawn Wall which was his - Free Solo

And then, ultimately culminated with the Dawn Wall which was...

I mean possibly the hardest
big wall in the world. - Free Solo

I mean possibly the hardest big wall in the world.

El Capitan is unbelievably
huge, kind of unfathomably huge. - Free Solo

El Capitan is unbelievably huge, kind of unfathomably huge.

It's 3,200 feet
of sheer granite. - Free Solo

It's 3,200 feet of sheer granite.

Looking at it, it doesn't seem
right, it doesn't seem like you - Free Solo

Looking at it, it doesn't seem right, it doesn't s...

El Cap has obsessed
generations of climbers. - Free Solo

El Cap has obsessed generations of climbers.

I think it was first climbed in 1958 by
Warren Harding, and it took them 46 days - Free Solo

I think it was first climbed in 1958 by Warren Harding, and ...

They had to drill bolts into the
granite and pull themselves up. - Free Solo

They had to drill bolts into the granite and pull themselves...

And then ever since then, it's been the
center of the rock climbing universe. - Free Solo

And then ever since then, it's been the center of the r...

I've spent 20 years of my life climbing
El Cap but I'd never do it without a rope. - Free Solo

I've spent 20 years of my life climbing El Cap but I�...

Imagine an Olympic gold medal level athletic
achievement, that if you don't get that - Free Solo

Imagine an Olympic gold medal level athletic achievement, th...

Imagine an Olympic gold medal level athletic achievement that if you don't get that - Free Solo

Imagine an Olympic gold medal level athletic achievement...

That's pretty much what
free soloing El Cap is like. - Free Solo

That's pretty much what free soloing El Cap is like.

You have to do it perfectly. - Free Solo

You have to do it perfectly.

Today I am playing through
a lot of different scenarios, - Free Solo

Today I am playing through a lot of different scenarios,

But then the idea of taking the
rope away, you're just like, - Free Solo

But then the idea of taking the rope away, you're just ...

When you've been thinking about something
for years, that's a long time to be, - Free Solo

When you've been thinking about something for years, th...

Especially someone like Tommy. - Free Solo

Especially someone like Tommy.

When I was climbing, like, up the
endurance corner and across the traverse, - Free Solo

When I was climbing, like, up the endurance corner and acros...

The Freeblast slabs have
like several moves where it's like, - Free Solo

The Freeblast slabs have like several moves where it's ...

I mean, I've done all my
soloing without telling anybody, - Free Solo

I mean, I've done all my soloing without telling anybod...

The idea of climbing El Cap, obviously I
get interview questions about it all the - Free Solo

The idea of climbing El Cap, obviously I get interview quest...

I used to be like
a super picky eater. - Free Solo

I used to be like a super picky eater.

When I was like 19 or 20 or, well, between like,
20 and 24, I basically decided that I had - Free Solo

When I was like 19 or 20 or, well, between like, 20 and 24, ...

I stopped eating meat maybe
three or four years ago, um, - Free Solo

I stopped eating meat maybe three or four years ago, um,

Then once I stopped I also kind of got
into the ethics of it a little bit more. - Free Solo

Then once I stopped I also kind of got into the ethics of it...

I'm eating, like,
canned chili and eggs. - Free Solo

I'm eating, like, canned chili and eggs.

Growing up, I mean, I didn't
like eating weird foods, - Free Solo

Growing up, I mean, I didn't like eating weird foods,

I remember really liking to play with
my Legos and play computer games and, - Free Solo

I remember really liking to play with my Legos and play comp...

But I didn't really have a whole
lot of hobbies or interests. - Free Solo

But I didn't really have a whole lot of hobbies or inte...

I grew up in Sacramento and the
high school I went to, I was, uh, - Free Solo

I grew up in Sacramento and the high school I went to, I was...

So, in a way it was fine to be sort
of a dorky loner cause, you know, - Free Solo

So, in a way it was fine to be sort of a dorky loner cause, ...

There was definitely a time when I started
climbing outside more and I was just - Free Solo

There was definitely a time when I started climbing outside ...

So, I was doing a lot of soloing, or
just a lot of climbing by myself just - Free Solo

So, I was doing a lot of soloing, or just a lot of climbing ...

As a kid I just love climbing trees
and climbing buildings and, like, - Free Solo

As a kid I just love climbing trees and climbing buildings a...

Like, when I was in high school
I was mortified of standing in - Free Solo

Like, when I was in high school I was mortified of standing ...

But, like, you kind of get through
it and, like, eventually you feel - Free Solo

But, like, you kind of get through it and, like, eventually ...

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Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Writer: N/A

Production: National Geographic Documentary Films,Little Monster Films,Itinerant Media,Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation

Genre: documentary, adventure, sport

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $17,541,090

Released: 13 Dec 2018

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 30 wins & 55 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/

Also watch: The Dawn Wall, Meru, Theo Von: No Offense, RBG, The Rescue, The Tenant, 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Destroyer, American Factory, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, Detainment, Thru the Mirror, Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics, Afterschool, Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers