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

I probably feel extra comfortablein the van now because I've lived in it for nine years

I probably feel extra comfortable
in the van now because I've lived in it for nine years

Full Transcript

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I probably feel extra comfortable in the van now because I've lived
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in it for nine years.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
73
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:58
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.
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.
When I thought about El Cap years ago, there were question marks all over the walls. - Free Solo 00:05
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 00:09
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 00:15
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 00:04
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 00:07
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 00:06
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 00:06
The idea of going up on El Cap with Tommy Caldwell
Look at those fixed ropes the first climb. - Free Solo 00:05
Look at those fixed ropes the first climb.