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El Cap has obsessedgenerations of climbers

El Cap has obsessed
generations of climbers

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El Cap has obsessed generations of climbers.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:40
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure, sport
Production
National Geographic Documentary Films,Little Monster Films,Itinerant Media,Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation

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Movie Summary

Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.
I think it was first climbed in 1958 by Warren Harding, and it took them 46 days - Free Solo 00:09
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 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:05
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 00:11
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 00:19
Imagine an Olympic gold medal level athletic achievement...
That's pretty much what free soloing El Cap is like. - Free Solo 00:04
That's pretty much what free soloing El Cap is like.
You have to do it perfectly. - Free Solo 00:05
You have to do it perfectly.
Today I am playing through a lot of different scenarios, - Free Solo 00:16
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 00:10
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 00:08
When you've been thinking about something for years, th...
Especially someone like Tommy. - Free Solo 00:04
Especially someone like Tommy.
When I was climbing, like, up the endurance corner and across the traverse, - Free Solo 00:08
When I was climbing, like, up the endurance corner and acros...
The Freeblast slabs have like several moves where it's like, - Free Solo 00:07
The Freeblast slabs have like several moves where it's ...
I mean, I've done all my soloing without telling anybody, - Free Solo 00:09
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 00:12
The idea of climbing El Cap, obviously I get interview quest...
I used to be like a super picky eater. - Free Solo 00:04
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 00:18
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 00:06
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 00:05
Then once I stopped I also kind of got into the ethics of it...