Free Solo is an edge-of-your seat sweaty hands thriller and an inspiring portrait of Alex Honnold and his solo ascent of Freerider (5.13a - E7) on the 3,200-foot high El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. As Honnold begins his training, the armour of invincibility he’s built up over decades unexpectedly breaks apart when he begins to fall in love, threatening his focus and giving way to injury and setbacks. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold’s climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death.
From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, the directors of Meru. Vasarhelyi and Chin succeed in beautifully capturing deeply human moments with Honnold as well as the death-defying climb with exquisite artistry and masterful, vertigo-inducing camerawork. The result is a triumph of the human spirit that represents what The New York Times calls "a miraculous opportunity for the rest of us to experience the human sublime."
Special Features: BFI Southbank Q&A with Alex Honnold, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, What If He Falls? and Theatrical Trailer.
BAFTA and Oscar winner for best documentary!!
NB This DVD is Region B/2 and may not work outside of Europe.