Watching films like Everest and Meru, I've always questioned the logic behind such life-threatening sports. Free Solo finally helped me understand. Mountain-climbing, specifically free soloing, without ropes or gear, is about an obsession for perfection - about defying what the universe talks you down and says cannot be done. About knowing when to be scared, and when to move and plow ahead. Alex Honnold's attempt to literally "conquer" Yosemite's El Capitan Wall, is a spectacle that provoked palpitations in me watching a documentary for the first time. This is another film where the larger the screen, the more magnificent the message.
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