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History of Free Solo. Although humans have been climbing since the dawn of time, the heartland of free solo climbing is undoubtedly Yosemite National Park, a mecca for climbers worldwide. Here, the legends of free soloing have carved their names into history. John Bachar, an iconic figure whose name is synonymous with the golden era of Yosemite ...
Aug 11, 2018 · From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, comes FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate...
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- National Geographic
English. Budget. $2 million [2] Box office. $29.4 million [3] Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin [4] that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park, in June 2017. [5] [6]
Dec 13, 2018 · Free Solo: Directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. With Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe. Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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Mar 22, 2024 · As we all know, Alex Honnold made history in June 2017 by free soloing Freerider— becoming the first (and only) person to free solo a grade VI route on El Capitan. A month later, James Lucas’s now classic piece, “The Freerider,” appeared in Climbing No. 355. Despite the glut of stories and films that have been generated about Honnold ...
Feb 12, 2014 · Alex Honnold free-soloed El Sendero Luminoso (The Shining Path) in El Portrero Chico, Mexico in a little over 3 hours. The climb rises 2,500 feet to the summ...
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- The North Face
Sep 28, 2018 · Immerse yourself in the experience of free solo climbing Yosemite’s famous El Capitan alongside Alex Honnold in this breathtaking 360 video. Subscribe: http...
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- National Geographic
