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Free Solo

There's always something thathas to give you the confidence to go out and free solo a...

There's always something that
has to give you the confidence to go out and free solo a route

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There's always something that has to give you the confidence to
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go out and free solo a route.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:40
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.
So sometimes, that confidence just comes from feeling super, super fit. - Free Solo 00:05
So sometimes, that confidence just comes from feeling super,...
Sometimes, that confidence comes through preparation and rehearsal. - Free Solo 00:04
Sometimes, that confidence comes through preparation and reh...
There's something to be said for, like, soloing a bunch of pitches to, like, - Free Solo 00:07
There's something to be said for, like, soloing a bunch...
It's just, it's unreal. - Free Solo 00:05
It's just, it's unreal.
And as much as I trust Alex and I know that he's really methodical, uh, - Free Solo 00:08
And as much as I trust Alex and I know that he's really...
But then there's just some things that you're, like, well, - Free Solo 00:06
But then there's just some things that you're, lik...
There's incremental advances that happen in all kinds of things, - Free Solo 00:13
There's incremental advances that happen in all kinds o...
It is hard to imagine somebody up there by themselves, without a rope, - Free Solo 00:08
It is hard to imagine somebody up there by themselves, witho...
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...