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I've known Alex since he pretty much started climbing in Yosemite, 2008 or 2009
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I've known Alex since he pretty muchstarted climbing in Yosemite, 2008 or 2009

I've known Alex since he pretty much
started climbing in Yosemite, 2008 or 2009

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I've known Alex since he pretty much started climbing in Yosemite, 2008 or 2009.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
156
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:27
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.
I've filmed Alex a handful of times, free soloing. - Free Solo 00:06
I've filmed Alex a handful of times, free soloing.
And then we've also spent a couple of winters together down in South America. - Free Solo 00:04
And then we've also spent a couple of winters together ...
So, I'm scared because I don't wanna see anything happen to Alex. - Free Solo 00:05
So, I'm scared because I don't wanna see anything ...
I mean, it's one of the reasons that I almost said no to this job, and, I mean, - Free Solo 00:16
I mean, it's one of the reasons that I almost said no t...
It's hard to not imagine, your friend, Alex, soloing something that's extremely - Free Solo 00:15
It's hard to not imagine, your friend, Alex, soloing so...
And we have to work through that and understand that what we're doing is something that - Free Solo 00:09
And we have to work through that and understand that what we...
It's a funny thing, people who know a little bit about climbing, they're like, - Free Solo 00:12
It's a funny thing, people who know a little bit about ...
I don't want you to free solo," you know. - Free Solo 00:04
I don't want you to free solo," you know.
When he was my age, he had had like 20 or 30 friends that had - Free Solo 00:06
When he was my age, he had had like 20 or 30 friends that ha...
And now I'm at that point where I've had, you know, 30 or 40 friends - Free Solo 00:05
And now I'm at that point where I've had, you know...
Yeah, people, yeah, yeah, totally, like Kyle Dempster and Scott recently. - Free Solo 00:04
Yeah, people, yeah, yeah, totally, like Kyle Dempster and Sc...
Uh-hmm. Uh-hmm. I don't know. - Free Solo 00:05
Uh-hmm. Uh-hmm. I don't know.
I think everybody who has made free soloing a big part of their life - Free Solo 00:08
I think everybody who has made free soloing a big part of...
John Bachar was a pioneer of so-called free solo climbing, - Free Solo 00:32
John Bachar was a pioneer of so-called free solo climbing,
I think all the soloing he's done has trained his mind. - Free Solo 00:05
I think all the soloing he's done has trained his mind.
He doesn't get emotionally affected by it the way that a lot of people do. - Free Solo 00:05
He doesn't get emotionally affected by it the way that ...
And not knowing about the science of that is that's probably a product - Free Solo 00:08
And not knowing about the science of that is that's pro...
There's been a lot of speculation about, like, how I deal with fear and, - Free Solo 00:06
There's been a lot of speculation about, like, how I de...
So when a writer contacted me about doing an - Free Solo 00:08
So when a writer contacted me about doing an
You know, scan your brain and then see if it's all there structurally. - Free Solo 00:04
You know, scan your brain and then see if it's all ther...