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Rock Climbing Documentary ‘Free Solo’ Won 7 Emmys on Saturday Night

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Rock-climbing documentary Free Solo won seven Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The documentary, directed by husband and wife team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, gives a unique insight into rock climber Alex Honnold’s mindblowing quest to perform a free solo (no harness or safety ropes) ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. The […]
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‘Free Solo’ Picked Up the Oscar for ‘Best Documentary’ at the Academy Awards Last Night

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“Free Solo” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 91st Acadamy Awards ceremony last night in Los Angeles, CA. The documentary, directed by husband and wife team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, gives a unique insight into rock climber Alex Honnold’s mindblowing quest to perform a free solo (no harness or safety ropes) ascent of El Capitan […]
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Alex Honnold Explained Climbing to Non-Climber Jimmy Kimmel

Congratulations Alex! Your extraordinary talent inspires most and baffles some… Including Jimmy Kimmel! From birds bugging Alex “en route” to where it all started as “Mommies little monkey”, funny things happened when Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Alex Honnold about free soloing El Capitan.  Alex also got to meet 50 Cent on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ” Whoa! I made it on @jimmykimmel! Pretty […]
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Alex Honnold & Tommy Caldwell Complete Patagonia’s “Mother of All Traverses” on Cerro Fitzroy

American climbers Alex Honnold & Tommy Caldwell got together for an overly ambitious first ascent climb in Argentine Patagonia last week. Their plan: perform a complete traverse of the Cerro Fitzroy Massif or Fitz Traverse. This traverse involves climbing 7 peaks in a single push along the Cerro Fitz Roy ridge-line. This traverse has been referred to as “the mother of all traverses.” “This ridge-line involves climbing Aguja Guillaumet, Aguja Mermoz, Cerro Fitz Roy, Aguja Poincenot, Aguja Rafael Juárez, Aguja Saint-Exúpery and Aguja de l’S.” – Rolando Garibotti, professional climber told Rock & Ice […]
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The Most Difficult Rope-less Climb in History | Alex Honnold on 2,500-Ft “El Sendero Luminoso”

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On January 15, 2014, Alex Honnold free-soloed “El Sendero Luminoso” (The Shining Path) in El Portero Chico, Mexico in a little over 3 hours. The climb rises 2,500 vertical feet to the summit of El Toro. It could be the most difficult rope-less climb in history. There is only one constant to human behaviors: the desire to always push boundaries. This behavior is evolutionarily supported as it has […]
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