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28/09/2018 Documentary, Adventure 1h 40m
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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.

  1. Jimmy Chin

    Director

  2. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alex Honnold

    Self

  2. Tommy Caldwell

    Self

  3. Jimmy Chin

    Self

  4. Sanni McCandless

    Self

  5. Mikey Schaefer

    Self

  6. Cheyne Lempe

    Self

  7. Mark Synnott

    Self

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-02-13
Did you see “The Alpinist” (2021) with the audacious, and now late, solo climber Marc-André Leclerc? Well in that nerve-wracking feature there is an interview with Alex Honnold, by then an already successful climber for whom fear held no bounds, explaining just how addictive and dangerous this perilous activity is. This film, made three years earlier, reveals to us something of Honnold’s own fearlessness as we watch him set off to scale sheer rock faces like Yosemite’s 3000 foot “El Capitan” armed with little more than a T-shirt, shorts and some especially adapted shoes. He is wel...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$21,790,193.00

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