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The harder you pull with your hands, the more your feet stick
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The harder you pull with yourhands, the more your feet stick

The harder you pull with your
hands, the more your feet stick

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The harder you pull with your hands, the more your feet stick.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
69
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:25
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.
The most demanding for your arms on the whole route. - Free Solo 00:04
The most demanding for your arms on the whole route.
And you've climbed 2,500 feet to get to the Enduro Corner, so you're pretty fatigued. - Free Solo 00:05
And you've climbed 2,500 feet to get to the Enduro Corn...
But the piece that I've always worried about the most is the crux, the hardest part. - Free Solo 00:05
But the piece that I've always worried about the most i...
To get past the crux, you have climb either the Boulder Problem or the Teflon Corner. - Free Solo 00:07
To get past the crux, you have climb either the Boulder Prob...
2,000 off the ground, each of which I've fallen off many times with a rope. - Free Solo 00:05
2,000 off the ground, each of which I've fallen off man...
The Teflon Corner, which is basically like a 90-degree corner of glass, - Free Solo 00:08
The Teflon Corner, which is basically like a 90-degree corne...
Pushing against the two walls of it, with my feet on glass, my palms on glass, - Free Solo 00:11
Pushing against the two walls of it, with my feet on glass, ...
And then I imagine 2,500 feet of air beneath my feet, you're, like, - Free Solo 00:07
And then I imagine 2,500 feet of air beneath my feet, you�...
The alternative is the Boulder Problem. - Free Solo 00:04
The alternative is the Boulder Problem.
You've got your right hand on a crimp, left hand on a side pole, - Free Solo 00:09
You've got your right hand on a crimp, left hand on a s...
Right hand goes up to a small down-pulling crimp, left foot goes into a little dish, - Free Solo 00:11
Right hand goes up to a small down-pulling crimp, left foot ...
Then you roll your two fingers over the thumb, switch your feet, - Free Solo 00:10
Then you roll your two fingers over the thumb, switch your f...
And then reach out left to a big sloping bread loaf type hold that - Free Solo 00:07
And then reach out left to a big sloping bread loaf type hol...
From there, you either karate kick or double-dyno to an edge on the opposite wall. - Free Solo 00:06
From there, you either karate kick or double-dyno to an edge...
In some ways, it makes more sense to do the big two-handed jump because you're jumping to - Free Solo 00:08
In some ways, it makes more sense to do the big two-handed j...
But the idea of jumping without a rope seems completely outrageous, - Free Solo 00:08
But the idea of jumping without a rope seems completely outr...
But then the karate kick always feels like you're falling into the other wall, - Free Solo 00:09
But then the karate kick always feels like you're falli...
Honestly, it wasn't like, I mean I felt, like, pretty strong just pinching - Free Solo 00:06
Honestly, it wasn't like, I mean I felt, like, pretty s...
Well, as I said, when you actually put your foot out there, I was like, - Free Solo 00:09
Well, as I said, when you actually put your foot out there, ...
Hmm, I'm not, like, super stoked when he goes soloing, because he's already a - Free Solo 00:12
Hmm, I'm not, like, super stoked when he goes soloing, ...