Twenty-three-year-old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free soloing to new heights. He ventures ropeless up the mind-bending walls of Moonlight Buttress (5.12+, 1000 ft) and The North Face of Half Dome (5.12, 2000 ft).
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Patagonia Promise
Climber Stanley Leary and his two friends venture across South America to the wild peaks of Patagonia on a journey of the heart. Their mission: to attempt a first ascent, and spread the ashes of Stanley's lover Roberta from the summit, thus granting her dying wish.
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The Impossible Climb
Sharma discovers the limestone of Clark Mountain where he envisions Jumbo Love (5.15b)-- what will become his latest king line, and the first of its grade. Training for months, enduring hundred-foot falls, Sharma is pushed to his absolute limit.
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Point of No Return
Alpinists Jonny Copp and Micah Dash, along with Wade Johnson, travel to a remote range near Tibet to make a first ascent of a high-altitude face. When tragedy strikes, the dark and dangerous side of climbing is revealed.
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