Excellent documentary about a guy who wants to climb El Capitan in Yosemite with his bare hands (no rope). And I think you need to see it on the big screen to get the full vertiginous feel of some of the shots. What I didn't realize is how choreographed each move is in some of the more treacherous parts--"these two fingers go here as my left foot pivot on this little indentation ..."
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is this the one about Alex Honnold? The worlds most famous free solo climber?
i remember some interview with him where someone asks how he takes a shit during a climb and he said he pretty much just pulls down his shorts while hanging on and lets go
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You’d enjoy the Banff Mountain film festival.
https://www.banff-uk.com/
We go every year to the mountain and the ocean ones. It’s mind blowing what some people get up to....
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Alex Honnold is an absolute superhero.
ive got to imagine that he would have climbed a route on belay a few times before attempting a free solo.
i saw a film of his free solo of Half Dome at the Banff FF and it was utterly terrifying.
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I can't walk to the edge of a balcony with a glass balustrade so credit to any lunatic who can climb a 1,000ft rock face knowing that one slip is certain death.
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For the first, and almost definitely last, time ever
What Sails said.
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Check out this:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/09/alex-honnold-jimmy-chin-free-solo-yosemite-el-capitan-explore-through-the-lens/
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Jimmy Chin is my idol. I would totally consider turning for him.
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