What if He Falls? The Terrifying Reality Behind Filming "Free Solo"

[dalton99a]

In 2017, when Alex Honnold made his stunning free-solo ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan, he was taking an unimaginable risk: nearly three thousand feet of climbing without any ropes or safety equipment. But was the climb made even riskier by the filmmakers who accompanied him?

In “What if He Falls?” filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin take us inside the process of documenting Honnold’s quest for climbing glory — and the ethical calculus of filming a friend who could, with the slip of a finger, plummet to his death.

[Kev_B]

1. Oops. Sorry.

I thought you were talking about a Harrison Ford movie, where his characters survives falls from fatal heights on a regular basis. (Think "The Fugitive" plus two of the "Indians Jones" films.)

[hlthe2b]

2. I'm glad he made it and damned terrified more publicity to his success will spur on others... n/t