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When they say "active recovery,"no, that doesn't mean you're walking all over the place

When they say "active recovery,"
no, that doesn't mean you're walking all over the place

Full Transcript

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When they say "active recovery," no, that doesn't mean you're walking
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all over the place.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:37
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 would be happy if he didn't free solo. - Free Solo 00:05
I would be happy if he didn't free solo.
I've always appreciated that he never told me beforehand that he was gonna - Free Solo 00:08
I've always appreciated that he never told me beforehan...
I could come down on him and say, "You shouldn't be doing that," - Free Solo 00:10
I could come down on him and say, "You shouldn't b...
I think when he's free soloing, that's when he feels the most alive, - Free Solo 00:07
I think when he's free soloing, that's when he fee...
I think when he's free soloing that's when he feels the most alive - Free Solo 00:14
I think when he's free soloing that's when he...
And how can you even think about taking that away from somebody, you know? - Free Solo 00:05
And how can you even think about taking that away from someb...
I've been able to stand on one foot while I put my harness and my shoes and - Free Solo 00:07
I've been able to stand on one foot while I put my harn...
Um, I haven't put on my climbing shoe basically since I did it. - Free Solo 00:05
Um, I haven't put on my climbing shoe basically since I...
So swollen. So tender. - Free Solo 00:04
So swollen. So tender.
Unfortunately, crack climbing is all ankle-dependent. - Free Solo 00:06
Unfortunately, crack climbing is all ankle-dependent.
And Freerider is 3,000 feet of crack climbing. - Free Solo 00:07
And Freerider is 3,000 feet of crack climbing.
All my friends that have sprained their ankles in serious ways have - Free Solo 00:15
All my friends that have sprained their ankles in serious wa...
You know, a couple years ago, I remember him telling me that he had never - Free Solo 00:11
You know, a couple years ago, I remember him telling me that...
But when you hear stuff like that, you start to wonder a little bit. - Free Solo 00:04
But when you hear stuff like that, you start to wonder a lit...
I had this dream the night before he called me that he had, like, - Free Solo 00:10
I had this dream the night before he called me that he had, ...
And then he had told me that he fell free soloing and started, like, - Free Solo 00:12
And then he had told me that he fell free soloing and starte...
And that, and it was this really, like, kind of vivid, but super freaky dream. - Free Solo 00:06
And that, and it was this really, like, kind of vivid, but s...
And, uh, and then the next day he called me and told me he hurt himself. - Free Solo 00:05
And, uh, and then the next day he called me and told me he h...
Alex said, "I want nothing to do with the pumpkin carving, - Free Solo 00:07
Alex said, "I want nothing to do with the pumpkin carvi...
I like having fun when I have fun - Free Solo 00:10
I like having fun when I have fun