Michael Reardon was a brash, charismatic California native who briefly made headlines for bold solo ascents. A few years after this film was made, Michael passed away while climbing in Ireland.
Derek Hersey was an iconoclastic free solo climber who lived in poverty, making bold onsite solo climbs of walls across the country, before tragically falling in Yosemite.
Speed alpinist Ueli Steck dances up faces in the Himalaya and the Alps, including his record-smashing ascent of The Eiger North Face. Ueli also teams up with fellow soloist Alex Honnold to break records on El Capitan.
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).
