Crazy, yes, but what a fantastic feat for this man to accomplish. Death-defying feat will leave you stunned, Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018. August 1985 in Sacramento (Kalifornien)) ist ein US-amerikanischer Profibergsteiger und Extremkletterer. The climber is the first person to reach the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan wall without ropes. Watch out for Alex in the next season of X-Files. El … ), Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019. Alex Honnold is the most accomplished free climber in the world. Actual climb does not start until the 1 hour 20 minute mark, Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2019. Stunning story building up to this amazing climb. The climber is Alex Honnold, an old friend of mine. Truely one of the greatest achievements in the history of Rock climbing. Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019, Your palms will sweat, your stomach will be in your throat, and every word that comes out of your mouth will be OMG! This documentary is more then just that though...it is beautiful character study about a man driven to the perfection of his sport and the camera crew and girlfriend who are afraid for his safety. After a few minutes recapping Alex's upbringing, it isn't long before the movie centers on El Capitan, "the center of the rock-climbing universe"... At this point we are 10 min. The man who climbed 3,000ft up the sheer face of Yosemite’s El Capitan with NO ROPE: New documentary shows Alex Honnold risking his life to become the first person to ever manage the feat … In the specific sport of free soloing, Alex is the best climber of this generation (and maybe ever). He is known for his work on Free Solo (2018), Reel Rock Film Tour (2010) and First Ascent (2010). It’s a documentary really but don’t let that put you off, this is mind blowing. Alex Honnold’s multi-media keynote begins with a 30-second clip of what he calls "the best day of my life." Some really interesting parts about Alex and his personal life as well as many interesting interviews with the crew filming (making it not just a climbing documentary). Alex Honnold and Sanni McCandless are engaged. into the movie, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out. Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin discuss their own challenges in filming the climb without endangering Honnold, a task requiring no small measure of expertise, skill, and ingenuity. It seems counterintuitive that a guy whose … Alex Honnold free-soloed El Sendero Luminoso (The Shining Path) in El Portrero Chico, Mexico in a little over 3 hours. Honnold was born in Sacramento, California, the son of community college professors Dierdre Wolownick and Charles Forrest Honnold. Free Solo presents a gruelling feat of human athleticism, and provides a glimpse into the irrepressible human desire to achieve the impossible. I regret spending money to rent this. The vast majority of the film was redundant drivel about how Alex is putting his life at risk and how the filming crew are worried about him falling to his death... Insane, glorious climbing adventure of epic proportions. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2019. "Free Solo" (2018 release; 96 min.) "Free Solo" -- The documentary Directed by award-winning film-makers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Free Solo" follows Honnold for … Kaleem Aftab The Talks. is a bio-pick about Alex Honnold and his historic 2017 climb of Yosemite's El Capitan. Even though I knew he survived, there were pangs of looming doom curling in my stomach that I couldn't ignore. Short Profile . Control the risks you can; anticipate the risks you can’t. Twenty-three year old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free solo climbing to new heights. Alex Honnold (* 17. Alex Honnold was the first man to ever scale El Capitan without ropes. A stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free solo climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream:scaling the face of the world’s most famous rock — the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park — without a rope. With the free solo on El Capitan, only Jimmy Chin and his film crew were there (the film premiered in summer 2018.). Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2019. Watch Meru, Valley rising or the dawn wall instead. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, 7 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an … Alex Honnold is on El Capitan, free-soloing it – meaning no rope, no one else, just a man alone on a wall. In June 2017, Alex Honnold set out to climb El Capitan, a 3,000-foot sheer granite cliff in Yosemite National Park, without any harness or protective equipment. As the movie open, we see Alex in the later stage of that climb, and the images immediately will cause you to gasp. As a climber Iust admit to being biased but this film truly deserved the Oscar it received. So, is Alex Honnold the best climber in the world? Name: Alex Honnold DOB: 17 August 1983 Place of birth: Sacramento, California, United States Occupation: Rock climber. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2019. Exclusive: Alex Honnold Completes the Most Dangerous Free-Solo Ascent Ever. The aliens are obviously trolling us like "try this you sissy earthlings...". We then go back to "Spring 2016", when Alex is doing a book tour and comments about why he does what he does. © 2021 WatchDocumentaries.com | Contact | Privacy & Terms | DMCA, Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos. Then with maybe 20 mins left in the movie he finally does the climb. Honnold climbed it unaided, solo and with not a single rope — free soloing at its finest. American rock climber and environmentalist Alex Honnold stopped eating meat for the good of the planet. Listen to Audio Excerpt Listen to Audio Excerpt. Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019. Video availability outside of United States varies. When I first saw that it was "only 100" minutes I was immediately interested since so many documentaries are 4 hours+ now. Alex Honnold, the star of the "Free Solo" documentary, was part of the rescue that helped a climbing partner after she fell in Yosemite. The problem is that 90% of this movie is about his aspergers and trying to keep a girlfriend. Not sure which one but pay attention to his eyes throughout the movie they are black and dark. In the film, Alex Honnold is joined by climber Tommy Caldwell to establish a new speed mark — and PEOPLE has an exclusive clip from the documentary His paternal roots are German and his maternal roots are Polish. Free Solo follows Honnold on his perilous ascent of the landmark rock formation. Alex is an alien and is from another planet. Alex is an inspiration to climbers and as a freesoloist of sorts - only soloed up to 5.11b on the American scale and 110 metres in height, this film by as inspired me to get back to a semblance of climbing fitness. In 30 seconds on the face of the monolith 3,000 foot El Capitan, Alex ascends about 10 inches. I knew they story, but was still on the edge of my seat nonetheless. From that viewpoint alone it is worth 500 stars let alone 5, Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Now, I’ve heard a lot of talk about how he may be on top of the climbing food chain. Alex Honnold: “I’ve always been afraid of death” February 6, 2019 . That’s right! Er erhielt im Jahr 2015 den Piolet dOr für herausragende alpinistische Leistungen. Unique and gut wrenching. Sign in to see videos available to you. Its almost unfathomable what Alex achieved, I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor. As the movie open, we see Alex in the later stage of that climb, and the images immediately will cause you to gasp. Alex Honnold is a world famous rock climber, who has recently impressed everybody with his latest accomplishment – he performed a free solo climb of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan granite monolith, and proposed to his long-term girlfriend, Sanni McCandless. She shares his passion for rock-climbing and has been supportive of his El Capitan climb. Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018 "Free Solo" (2018 release; 96 min.) Travelling or based outside United States? To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Now, his achievement is featured in the 2019 Oscar-winning documentary, "Free Solo." Alex’s fans could also see Sanni in the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo”. Viewers were shocked last night as they watched Free Solo on Channel 4, a film which follows Alex Honnold, 33, from California, climb El Capitan alone without any ropes in June 2017. He participated in many national and international youth climbing championships as a teenager. The Academy Award and BAFTA winning film FREE SOLO follows climber Alex Honnold as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park... without a rope. His eyes are black in every photo and that might not fool you, but it doesn't fool me. Nail biting stuff including a masterpiece of climbing filming at the end! The practice, known as ‘free soloing’, is an elite form of rock-climbing, attempted only by the most daring and skillful climbers. I thoroughly enjoyed it (and I’m afraid of heights! What a ride!!! Mind Blowing. It's obvious from the get go. And now this endearing daredevil couple tops a great year with an engagement. Created by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen. If you're squeamish about seeing someone untethered and right on the razor's edge of the abyss, you may find yourself fast-forwarding thru some of the most intense free-climbing scenes (I did). What we get seems to be like filler waiting for him to make the ascent. Alex Honnold was born on August 17, 1985 in Sacramento, California, USA as Alexander J. Honnold. I did appreciate that Honnold did not plaster himself or his vehicle with sponsorship logos. The single greatest action documentary I've ever watched. Select the department you want to search in. Since we know that Alex Honnold is alive and make the ascent, there isn't much tension but there are still some cringey shots looking down the mountain. From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi (“MERU”) and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin comes National Geographic Documentary Film’s FREE SOLO, a … is a bio-pick about Alex Honnold and his historic 2017 climb of Yosemite's El Capitan. “My girlfriend left the Yosemite National Park about a week beforehand,” says Honnold. Very alien like features. Practice makes perfect—and as Honnold says in his upcoming movie, when you free solo, “you’re either perfect, or you’re dead.” Free Solo, National … Free Solo follows Honnold on his perilous ascent of the landmark rock formation. The film "Free Solo" even won an Oscar for best documentary. Alex Honnold is an Alien - This is a huge conspiracy. Definitely worth watching. See full bio » Well, I can't say they used their 100 minutes wisely. Chin’s camera crew, composed entirely of experienced climbers, works with Honnold to ensure they capture detailed video and sound without hampering or distracting him as he scales the cliff face alone. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2019. The last 20 minutes is a marvel in filming (glad I opted for the blu-ray) and was great on a big TV in the dark! With Alex Honnold, Nick Rosen. If they weren't going to go into deep, meaningful background they should have kept it at about 60 minutes. I have watched several other movies with this guy so i was excited to see this. Yet “Free Solo” is not just an extreme sports documentary, the type that’s become synonymous with Red Bull. He also stuck to a 3000 ft. cliff face and climbed up, filmed it, and then told us about it. Climbing truly massive walls without a rope, and zero chance of survival if he falls, Alex is calm and fearless (except when it comes to girls). Alex Honnold is a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world. He’s the star of Free Solo, the documentary about his ascent of El Capitan that won an Oscar last year. The most important thing to Alex on that day was that he felt as comfortable as a walk in the park--which is what most people at Yosemite were doing that day. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Contents1 Early life Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Watch Alex Honnold’s journey toward his rope-free climb of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan in Free Solo, the Oscar-winning film by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and … It's interesting personalizing to meet his girlfriend but showing them measuring for appliances in their Las Vegas home seemed like needless detail. He started climbing in a climbing gym at the age of 5 and was climbing "many times a week" by age 10. Amazing. Simply beautiful camera work, breathtaking and shockingly scary. Alex Honnold burst onto the mainstream scene with the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo. Incredible! I really wanted to know a little more about how Honnold grew up and if he had any failures along he way. Free Solo, the Academy Award–winning documentary about Alex Honnold’s quest to climb the 3,000-foot face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, has … Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin discuss their own challenges in filming the climb without endangering Honnold, a task requiring no small measure of expertise, skill, and ingenuity. Alex Honnold tends to tell hardly anyone before big challenges, in order to completely concentrate on climbing. The documentary also sheds light on Alex Honnold as a boyfriend dating Cassandra “Sanni” McCandless. "Chances of falling off are low, but the consequences are high", he wryly observes. 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