The pic depicts climber alex honnolds attempt to scale the worlds most famous vertical rock face. Free solo is the best climbing movie ever made outside. Climbing this 1,000meter wall free solo also gained him overnight fame outside the climbing scene. It wasnt an act of recklessness but of the kind of planning worthy of a moon landing. Free solo climbing or free soloing, is a form of technical ice or rock climbing where the climbers or free soloists climb alone without ropes, harnesses or other protective equipment, forcing them to rely entirely on their own individual strength and skill.
The process of preparing and executing that dream was made into the oscarwinning national geographic documentary, free solo, by jimmy chin and elizabeth chai vasarhelyi. In 1993, lynn hill established the first free ascent of the nose iv 5. Watch the trailer for free solo, a stunning, intimate, and vertigoinducing film about rock climber alex honnolds journey to climbing the worlds most famous rock wallel capitan in yosemite. Finished with his hardest free solo yet, i spent quite a bit of time on the top just chattering with jimmy and.
He did not use any equipment, and he climbed alone. The achievement was documented by national geographic documentary films. Free solo climber alex honnold prepares to achieve his lifelong dream. Most parties climb the 3,000foot freerider in 33 pitches over 35 days. Watch alex honnold climb 3200 feet with no ropes in free. Freeclimbing is clearly a perilous activity, but honnolds feat takes the. Canadian stephane perron capped a remarkable string of solo ascents in yosemite valley with an all free rope solo of free rider 37 pitches, 5. Opinion alex honnold, a soul freed in free solo the. Supertopos climbing discussion forum is the worlds most popular community discussion forum for people who actively climb outdoors.
Jimmy chin is a professional climber, skier, mountaineer, 18year member of the north face athlete team and national geographic explorer. The world gasps in the aftermath of alex honnolds free. The story i am about to tell is simply one step further. Free soloing is the most dangerous form of climbing, and unlike bouldering, free soloists climb above safe heights, where a fall would. Climber emily harrington rescued by free solo star alex. Alexander honnold born august 17, 1985 is an american rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls. With alex honnold, tommy caldwell, jimmy chin, cheyne lempe. As the movie open, we see alex in the later stage of that climb, and the images immediately will cause you to gasp. Free solo climbing star alex honnold falling keith.
In doing so, honnold has become the first person to free solo. On 3rd june 2017, honnold left all ropes and gear at the bottom of the 3000ft monolith and began climbing at 5. Free soloing the style that honnold recently made famous, means an ascent that is done alone without any ropes for protectionsafety. Hes attempting to do something that professional rock climbers have long thought was impossiblea free solo ascent of the worlds most iconic. Chai vasarhelyi and worldrenowned photographer and mountaineer jimmy chin, follows free soloist climber alex honnold as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream.
Alex no big deal honnold has just completed a climb that is probably the biggest deal the climbing world has ever seen. Free solo, the breathtaking, oscarwinning documentary, is. Perron spent six nights on the route, leading all but three of the pitches without any falls. A rock climber made history with an insane climb without a rope or safety equipment. Free soloing is a discipline in itself in the climbing world. Alex honnold spent two years preparing for his solo free climb. Its a zigzagging 30pitch climb that has sections as hard as 5.
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