Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest...

Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of rock climbing where the climber (or free soloist) climbs solo (or alone) without ropes or other protective...

fixed in-situ protection), and bouldering and free solo climbing (uses no protection whatsoever). The free climbing movement was an important development...

climbing, including the disciplines of aid climbing, free climbing, and more recently for free solo climbing. The formation was named "El Capitan" by the...

known for his free solo ascents of big walls. Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on...

Academy Award, and Free Solo, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, a BAFTA and seven Primetime Emmys. Free Solo had the highest-grossing...

style on which the route was free climbed (e.g. traditional climbing, sport climbing, or free solo climbing), whether the free climb was done on the first...

Look up solo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Solo or SOLO may refer to: Han Solo, a Star Wars character Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical Star...

the 2018 documentary Free Solo. In an interview with Tim Ferriss, Alex Honnold, the subject of the 2018 documentary film Free Solo, is asked who impresses...

climbing films, Free Solo (in rock climbing) and The Alpinist (in ice climbing and in alpine climbing). The following types of solo climbing use some...

free solo climbs, while Sharma pushed standards in deep-water soloing; Alex Honnold's big wall free soloing became the Oscar-winning film, Free Solo....

ethos is a core part of ice climbing. Ice climbing can also be done as free solo climbing, which is an even riskier undertaking, or done as top roping...

uploaded one of his most viral videos where he documented his experience free solo climbing with Alex Honnold. His sister, Hannah Midtbø (born 1990), is...

therefore be performed in either a sport, a traditional, or a free solo manner. First-free-ascents that set new grade milestones are important events in...

another doubled rope technique which was called the rappel during a failed solo attempt of Petit Dru in 1876. The technique he used to descend the rope would...

deadman anchor. solo climbing When the climber is alone (with no second); if also without protection is free solo climbing. See rope solo climbing. speed...

Caldwell appeared in the documentary Free Solo, released on September 28, 2018, about Alex Honnold's free solo ascent of Freerider on El Capitan in Yosemite...

11c) First Free Solo Ascent 2018 − Mount Slesse, Cascade Range – Northeast Buttress, Free Solo in winter, 2nd Winter Ascent, First Winter Free Ascent (5...

(or pitons) like sport climbing routes. Big wall routes have also been free solo climbed. Big wall climbing routes are typically sustained and exposed...

16, 2015) was an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner. He completed many hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and...

effectively no protection (i.e. a full American YDS "X", or essentially a free solo route). Similarly, E3 6a implies a well-protected route, while E2 or E1...

itself. Leash-less, or "free-solo" slacklining – a term loosely taken from rockclimbing ("free" refers to free of aid equipment vs free from the slackline) –...

second free solo. 2006. Dean Potter, third free solo (Potter would go on to free solo the route five times in total). Others who have free soloed Separate...

firmer grip, and bouldering mats to prevent injuries from falls. Unlike free solo climbing, which is also performed without ropes, bouldering problems (the...

(Germany), Patrick Berhault (France), Ron Kauk and John Bachar (USA). As a free solo exercise with no artificial aid or climbing protection, bouldering remained...

while free soloing could be fatal; deep-water soloing is a form of free soloing where a fall will result in landing into safe water. The 2017 free solo of...

Deep-water soloing (DWS), also known as psicobloc (from "psycho-bouldering"), is a form of free solo climbing where any fall should result in the climber...

on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Free Solo, a 2018 film on Alex Honnold's first free solo of El Capitan in Yosemite Meru, a 2015 film on...

for the film Free Solo, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film profiled Alex Honnold and his free solo climb of El Capitan...

"Rope Solo Rock Climbing: Understanding How It's Done". GearJunkie. Retrieved 3 March 2023. Wharton, Josh (25 August 2022). "Top-rope soloing: How Josh...