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Half Dome was a huge step for me because it was twice as big as anything
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Half Dome was a huge step for mebecause it was twice as big as anything I'd ever soloed

Half Dome was a huge step for me
because it was twice as big as anything I'd ever soloed

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Half Dome was a huge step for me because it was twice as big as anything
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I'd ever soloed.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
58
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:56
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.
Free soloing is so dangerous that less than 1% of people - Free Solo 00:17
Free soloing is so dangerous that less than 1% of people
And then you have to, like, reel it all back in. - Free Solo 00:04
And then you have to, like, reel it all back in.
What is next in free solo climbing? - Free Solo 00:04
What is next in free solo climbing?
Well, I don't know, I mean, I've thought about El Cap, like, - Free Solo 00:13
Well, I don't know, I mean, I've thought about El ...
I'm aiming towards the most beautiful valley on earth. - Free Solo 00:05
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 00:14
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 00:12
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 00:06
I probably feel extra comfortable in the van now because I&#...
My first van, well, I actually stole the family minivan. - Free Solo 00:04
My first van, well, I actually stole the family minivan.
My dad died when I was 19 and I, I quit school. - Free Solo 00:04
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 00:08
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 00:08
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 00:06
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 00:14
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 00:06
- 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 00:04
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 00:10
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 00:05
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 00:07
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 00:04
Or maybe just somebody who has nothing to live for.