Free Solo Climber Alex Honnold Ascends Yosemite's El Capitan Without a Rope
WEBOct 3, 2018 · Rock climber Alex Honnold stands atop El Capitan after nearly four hours of climbing alone, without ropes or any other equipment or safety gear.
Free climbing Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes or safety gear
WEBAlex Honnold climbs to the top of El Capitan without ropes. The achievement was documented by National Geographic Documentary Films.
What if He Falls? The Terrifying Reality Behind Filming “Free Solo ...
WEBIn 2017, when Alex Honnold made his stunning free-solo ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan, he was taking an unimaginable risk: nearly three thousand feet of cli...
Free Solo Rock Climbing And The Climbers Who Have Defined It
WEBOct 3, 2022 · Free soloing means climbing with no rope, a genre that verged into American consciousness in the 1970s. In 2018 it blew up, with Alex Honnold's mind-bending solo of El Capitan and the award-winning film that chronicled it. Let's take a look back.
‘If he slips, he falls. If he falls, he dies’ – Climbing 3,000 feet ...
WEBFeb 21, 2019 · CNN — Any doubts as to whether Alex Honnold was the greatest rock climber of all time were doused when the American did something that no one thought was humanly possible. In June 2017, the...
A Record-Setting Climb Up El Capitan, Without Ropes
WEBJun 5, 2017 · On Saturday, the elite climber Alex Honnold became the first to climb the nearly 3,000 feet up El Capitan, Yosemite National Park’s iconic granite wall, without ropes, called free soloing.
Alex Honnold's first interview after free-solo climbing El Capitan
WEBOct 3, 2018 · Rock climber Alex Honnold sits atop Yosemite's iconic El Capitan after nearly four hours of climbing alone, without ropes or any other equipment or safety gear.
What is free soloing? We dare to take a look | Advnture
WEBJul 5, 2024 · Free soloing is a style of climbing involving no rope and no protection. In many ways, it’s the purest form of climbing. Just the climber, a chalk bag, climbing shoes and the crag. No need for a partner. No hauling a rope to the base of the crag. No hanging around at a belay stance waiting for your second to come up.
How "Free Solo" Filmed The First El Capitan Climb With No Ropes ...
WEBJan 11, 2019 · Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” discuss how they captured rock climber Alex Honnold’s free solo climb (without any ropes,...
How Alex Honnold free solo climbed Yosemite's El Capitan
WEBWith California’s Yosemite Valley far beneath him, Alex Honnold free solos— which means climbing without ropes or safety gear—up a crack on the 3,000-foot southwest face of El Capitan.
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