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Free Solo

It was just like, "Oh, mygosh, what have I done?" The x-ray didn't show much, butthen they...

It was just like, "Oh, my
gosh, what have I done?" The x-ray didn't show much, but
then they took the CAT scan and then they said it was, like, two
compression fractures and

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It was just like, "Oh, my gosh, what have I done?"
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The x-ray didn't show much, but then they took the CAT scan and then they
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said it was, like, two compression fractures and.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:55
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.
Right after it happened I wanted to break up with her. - Free Solo 00:05
Right after it happened I wanted to break up with her.
I was like, "Oh, this is bad for my climbing." But she said, - Free Solo 00:14
I was like, "Oh, this is bad for my climbing." But...
I said, you know, - Free Solo 00:06
I said, you know,
I think that you could have a steady girlfriend and climb." - Free Solo 00:08
I think that you could have a steady girlfriend and climb.&q...
As it turns out, compression fracture isn't too serious. - Free Solo 00:04
As it turns out, compression fracture isn't too serious...
They said that I could climb and just be careful about pain management and - Free Solo 00:07
They said that I could climb and just be careful about pain ...
Because I definitely know some people who have fallen super far and survived or, - Free Solo 00:07
Because I definitely know some people who have fallen super ...
And now I'm like, "I don't know, like, I don't think I'd be okay." - Free Solo 00:11
And now I'm like, "I don't know, like, I don&...
In 2012, I was here for the first time and it was right before I went to - Free Solo 00:08
In 2012, I was here for the first time and it was right befo...
I said you just passed halfway and, uh, the rope's actually looking - Free Solo 00:06
I said you just passed halfway and, uh, the rope's actu...
I think the climbing here in Morocco, it's good training for El Cap. - Free Solo 00:05
I think the climbing here in Morocco, it's good trainin...
It's gonna make him strong, it's gonna get him good at moving through the mountains, - Free Solo 00:08
It's gonna make him strong, it's gonna get him goo...
Flowing through the mountains in the ways that you do with Alex is addicting. - Free Solo 00:05
Flowing through the mountains in the ways that you do with A...
His attitude towards risk, it makes you feel kind of invincible, - Free Solo 00:05
His attitude towards risk, it makes you feel kind of invinci...
Which is emotionally appealing, but for me I don't think it's the smartest thing. - Free Solo 00:07
Which is emotionally appealing, but for me I don't thin...
Climbing with Alex is, it's like a vice in a way. - Free Solo 00:05
Climbing with Alex is, it's like a vice in a way.
It's like smoking cigarettes with beer or something. - Free Solo 00:04
It's like smoking cigarettes with beer or something.
It's like, I don't really wanna do it but I just, like, let myself do it sometimes - Free Solo 00:05
It's like, I don't really wanna do it but I just, ...
- Yeah, buddy! - Yo! - Free Solo 00:05
- Yeah, buddy! - Yo!
It says, "Bey wall 7C+, one fallen crux, two pumped, need more fitness." - Free Solo 00:11
It says, "Bey wall 7C+, one fallen crux, two pumped, ne...