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It is hard to imagine somebody up there by themselves, without a rope
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It is hard to imagine somebody upthere by themselves, without a rope, where it's pretty...

It is hard to imagine somebody up
there by themselves, without a rope, where it's pretty much all the
other big cliffs around here

Full Transcript

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It is hard to imagine somebody up there by themselves, without a rope,
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where it's pretty much all the other big cliffs around here.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:52
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.
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...
Is it gonna be us accidently knocking off a rock? - Free Solo 00:05
Is it gonna be us accidently knocking off a rock?
The idea of falling off is, you know, obviously I'm trying to avoid that, - Free Solo 00:08
The idea of falling off is, you know, obviously I'm try...
But, like, I wouldn't wanna fall off right in front of my friends, 'cause that's like, - Free Solo 00:07
But, like, I wouldn't wanna fall off right in front of ...
Where are you comfortable with us being essentially? - Free Solo 00:04
Where are you comfortable with us being essentially?
And then a, just a camera above, sitting above the Boulder Pitch, essentially. - Free Solo 00:04
And then a, just a camera above, sitting above the Boulder P...
Well, it's not just distracting, but it's also like, you know, - Free Solo 00:08
Well, it's not just distracting, but it's also lik...
Like, yeah, I don't, yeah, it's better not to. - Free Solo 00:05
Like, yeah, I don't, yeah, it's better not to.
Yeah, okay. - Free Solo 00:05
Yeah, okay.
The spire was touched by the sun at 7:30 and by 8:05, the sun was to the crux probably. - Free Solo 00:06
The spire was touched by the sun at 7:30 and by 8:05, the su...
You don't want it to be sunny when you get to the crux, - Free Solo 00:11
You don't want it to be sunny when you get to the crux,