Sep 28, 2018
100 min
Full-HD

Free Solo (2018)

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.

Category

Documentary Adventure

Country

United States of America

Companies

National Geographic Documentary Films Little Monster Films Itinerant Media Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation National Geographic

Alex Honnold

Self

Tommy Caldwell

Self

Jimmy Chin

Self

Sanni McCandless

Self

Mikey Schaefer

Self

Cheyne Lempe

Self

Mark Synnott

Self

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