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First Ascent: Alone On The Wall

Twenty-three year old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free solo climbing to new heights.

Climbing truly massive walls without a rope, and zero chance of survival if he falls, Alex is calm and fearless (except when it comes to girls). But attempting the 2,000-foot wall of Half Dome, the greatest free solo ever attempted, would finally teach Alex the meaning of fear.

Released in 2010. 24 min. Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen. Part of the First Ascent series.

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  • doug r

    Thrilling to watch!. With all the sponsors behind this sport and this star performer; when will Alex Honnold be driving a motor home?
    Like, whats up with that!.

  • sean

    Wow! that’s crazy!!!

  • Violet

    How does he get down?

  • Gary

    Without a doubt the greatest athlete in the world, rock on Alex!

  • http://www.madsenblog.dk Madsen

    Bummer…vid has been taken down :-(

    • http://www.documentarystorm.com Jonas

      Hi Madsen, good to hear from you.

      I’ve replaced the broken link with a working one. Thanks.

  • http://www.madsenblog.dk Madsen

    Excellent…thanks! :-)

  • http://www.madsenblog.dk Madsen

    Holy smokes…I suffer terribly from fear of heights and this was probably one of the hardest vids to watch…ever…An adrenaline rush…sitting here in my living room…Great vid!

    • Tahoedirt

      I completely agree- it made me incredibly uncomfortable to just watch this- I almost had to turn it off. I for sure do not understand it.

  • Kees

    I had sweaty palms and feet throughout the documentary.

  • Jorge Pease

    Fantastic accomplishment and great video. I see Alex’s effort to control the mind and think how useful this would be in every aspect of normal life. Great, Scary and Inspirational!

  • Apoxx

    Holy shit. Only watching this docu was so thrilling.
    Great video of an awesome sport. I think there is really no other sport or athletic challange that can be compared to what you see here.
    You have to be 100% physically fit (also in necessary in other extrem sports) but staying mentaly focussed for more that 2 hours where every little wrong grap will kill you…. that’s absolutly AWESOME.

    • The_Chickn

      you happen to know where i can watch this documentary? I’ve  been looking for months

  • monta

    please fix this video!!! ive tried to show so many people and every time it doesnt work

  • DarylTJ

    Looks like an awesome video – I wish it was still on YouTube but it’s gone :(