Rebel without a Rope
The Soloists • 14m
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.
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Dirty Bird
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.
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The Swiss Machine
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.
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Alone on the Wall
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).
