Alpinists Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey go climbing in Alaska, talk first ascents, their latest film Moonflower and their upcoming film. 08:12 Alex Honnold talks about his record-breaking solo of a Yosemite Triple, speed record of The Nose with Hans Florine, and a free ascent of a Yosemite Triple with Tommy Caldwell. 19:26 Ransu’s Adventure […]
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On June 17th 2012 Alex Honnold and Hans Florine set a new speed record for climbing the Nose of El Capitan – 2900 feet in 2:23.46. For those of us sitting in El Capitan Meadow, this was hardly to be believed. If you are not familiar with El Capitan, you should visit Tom Evans’ site […]
Chris Sharma’s meteoric climbing career started when he won the Bouldering Nationals at age 14 and opened the hardest climb in America (at the time, 5.14c) a year later. In the decade that followed, Chris has continued to take climbing to a new level. Not only has he consistently shattered previous conceptions of difficulty, he […]
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Dean Potter is characterized by creativity, commitment and challenge. He started climbing as a child, with a free solo fall from a stone wall as one of his earliest memories. Since that time, he has speed soloed Half Dome and El Capitan, Cerro Torre, and Fitzroy. He was the first to make a one-day free […]
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