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Free Solo

Having that romantic relationship around is detrimental to that armor. You have to focus...

Tommy Caldwell: Having that romantic relationship around is detrimental to that armor. You have to focus and inherently a close romantic relationship removes that armor

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Having that romantic relationship around is detrimental to that armor
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You have to focus and inherently a close romantic relationship
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removes that armor
Duration
10 seconds
Views
207
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:01
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.
You kinda can't have both at the same time. - Free Solo 00:04
You kinda can't have both at the same time.
There's always something that has to give you the confidence to - Free Solo 00:05
There's always something that has to give you the confi...
So sometimes, that confidence just comes from feeling super, super fit. - Free Solo 00:05
So sometimes, that confidence just comes from feeling super,...
Sometimes, that confidence comes through preparation and rehearsal. - Free Solo 00:04
Sometimes, that confidence comes through preparation and reh...
There's something to be said for, like, soloing a bunch of pitches to, like, - Free Solo 00:07
There's something to be said for, like, soloing a bunch...
It's just, it's unreal. - Free Solo 00:05
It's just, it's unreal.
And as much as I trust Alex and I know that he's really methodical, uh, - Free Solo 00:08
And as much as I trust Alex and I know that he's really...
But then there's just some things that you're, like, well, - Free Solo 00:06
But then there's just some things that you're, lik...
There's incremental advances that happen in all kinds of things, - Free Solo 00:13
There's incremental advances that happen in all kinds o...
It is hard to imagine somebody up there by themselves, without a rope, - Free Solo 00:08
It is hard to imagine somebody up there by themselves, witho...
Well, Astroman, three or four times, but the Rostrum, I mean, literally, - Free Solo 00:07
Well, Astroman, three or four times, but the Rostrum, I mean...
It was like part of the circuit and I would, - Free Solo 00:05
It was like part of the circuit and I would,
And after Astroman, people were like, - Free Solo 00:11
And after Astroman, people were like,
I mean, I think I'm still doing everything for the right reasons, - Free Solo 00:12
I mean, I think I'm still doing everything for the righ...
The worst thing about having a film crew is if it changes your mindset. - Free Solo 00:07
The worst thing about having a film crew is if it changes yo...
He just wants to take a few more practice laps. - Free Solo 00:04
He just wants to take a few more practice laps.
And we're just trying to figure out all of our camera positions. - Free Solo 00:07
And we're just trying to figure out all of our camera p...
I mean the soloing headspace is so fragile. - Free Solo 00:06
I mean the soloing headspace is so fragile.
We wanna film it well, but it's about not getting in his way and making sure - Free Solo 00:08
We wanna film it well, but it's about not getting in hi...
The worst possible scenario is that one of us would do something - Free Solo 00:06
The worst possible scenario is that one of us would do somet...