Free Solo

A FILM BY Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Synopsis

The documentarian duo behind 2015’s acclaimed Meru return to high altitudes, this time as renowned rock climber Alex Honnold attempts to do what no climber has done before: ascend free solo — without safety ropes — up the 3,000-foot cliff of El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park.

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, October 12, 2018

Original Languages: English
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 100
Year: 2018
Status: Completed

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CREDITS

CAST

Alex Honnold

DIRECTED BY

Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

TRAILER

PHOTOS

Alex Honnold making the first free solo ascent of El Capitan's Freerider in Yosemite National Park, CA. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

A portrait of Jimmy Chin on the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. (Photo credit: National Geographic/Samuel Crossley)

Alex Honnold peers over the edge of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. He had just climbed 2000 feet up from the valley floor. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi on location during the filming of Free Solo. (Photo credit: National Geographic/Chris Figenshau)

Alex Honnold (Photo credit: Jimmy Chin)

Chai Vasarhelyi on location during the filming of Free Solo. (Photo credit: National Geographic/Chris Figenshau)

Alex Honnold free-soloing El Capitan. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

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