A tense study of mastery, fear and the ethical limits of documenting extreme risk.
FORMATDocumentary
YEAR2018
LENGTH1h 40m
GENRESDocumentary, Adventure, Sport
Documentary / 2018
Free Solo
IMDb 8.1/10View on IMDb ↗
Climber Alex Honnold prepares to scale El Capitan without ropes while the people around him confront the risk built into his goal.
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