Free Solo

Sep 28, 2018

1h 40m

★ 7.9

Live beyond fear.

Overview

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

Genres

Documentary

Adventure

Production Companies

National Geographic Documentary Films

Little Monster Films

Itinerant Media

Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation

National Geographic

Free Solo Trailers

Cast

Self

Alex Honnold

Self

Tommy Caldwell

Self

Jimmy Chin

Self

Sanni McCandless

Self

Mikey Schaefer

Self

Cheyne Lempe

Self

Mark Synnott

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6.5

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6.6

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5.0

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8.0

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No overview available.

No Image

0.0

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0.0

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6.7

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6.0

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10.0

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No overview available.

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