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Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure
David Roberts and Alex Honnold
Book
'Riveting...Honnold is neither crazy nor reckless. Alone on the Wall reveals him to be an utterly...
Free Solo (2018)
Movie
Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000ft high...
KarynKusama recommended Free Solo (2018) in Movies (curated)
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Advanced Rock Climbing: Expert Skills and Techniques
Book
Advanced Rock Climbing: Expert Skills and Technique is for good climbers who want to get even...
The Craggus (360 KP) rated Free Solo (2018) in Movies
Mar 7, 2019
The best view comes after the hardest climb. Free Solo (2019) Review
In a world of ever-increasing strip-mining of existing properties for prequels and spin-offs, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone would set out to make a whole movie about the opening sequence of “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier”.
Of course, that was fantasy and “Free Solo” is reality and although the climbing of El Capitan is the film’s crowning glory, the real hook of the documentary is in its exploration of what drives Alex Honnold to do what he does, proving that there’s so much more to the compulsion to climb a mountain than ‘because it’s there’...
FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusFreeSolo
Of course, that was fantasy and “Free Solo” is reality and although the climbing of El Capitan is the film’s crowning glory, the real hook of the documentary is in its exploration of what drives Alex Honnold to do what he does, proving that there’s so much more to the compulsion to climb a mountain than ‘because it’s there’...
FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusFreeSolo
MtnMeister
Podcast
A high altitude mountaineer travels through sub-zero temperatures, scales treacherous terrain, and...