Movie
Free Solo
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-09-28
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, National Geographic
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alex Honnold as Self
- Tommy Caldwell as Self
- Jimmy Chin as Self
- Sanni McCandless as Self
- Mikey Schaefer as Self
- Cheyne Lempe as Self
- Mark Synnott as Self
Crew
- Jimmy Chin - Director
- Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi - Director
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