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Mikey, we should put someone right herebecause if you lean out you can see the entire...

Mikey, we should put someone right here
because if you lean out you can see the entire freaking route

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Mikey, we should put someone right here because if you lean out you can see the
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entire freaking route.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
147
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:17
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 known Alex since he pretty much started climbing in Yosemite, 2008 or 2009. - Free Solo 00:06
I've known Alex since he pretty much started climbing i...
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