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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 16, 2018 - 01:50pm PT
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Legal drone footage of El Cap, I mean c’mon... we would all watch two hours of just that, so this climbing story is just a bonus!
I read that they used a helicopter. Not that it matters much.
There was a helicopter for big sweeping shots of the wall and aerial shots of Honnold, a speck in a red T-shirt, shimmying up the white granite.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2342126/Elizabeth-Chai-Vasarhelyi-free-solo-movie
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Sep 16, 2018 - 03:59pm PT
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Great link Rattler, thanks.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Sep 19, 2018 - 09:45am PT
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The non-climbing audience is endlessly confused about the details of free climbing vs free soloing...
Same with the non-systems (science and engineering) audience regarding "free will", lol.
I quit a ways back. Took me a while. They'll just have to figure it out for themselves - if they have the interest.
"Endlessly confused." "About the details."
btw, not to mention (3) solo free climbing, eh? lol
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 20, 2018 - 01:15pm PT
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where is in place in Bay Area?
Modesto? Sacramento ? never drove before 150 miles to watch movie..
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 21, 2018 - 02:29pm PT
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I'm waiting for the Medusa exclusive film review. Come on Jeff you gotta see it and give yer two cents.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sep 21, 2018 - 05:10pm PT
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I see he must have read online commentary on his suit from that Washington visit and fixed that - looking much better.
I managed to get front row center tkts for this next week, should be cool.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Sep 21, 2018 - 07:17pm PT
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The two days a week apart it plays in SoCal I'll be flying up to NorCal, and the following weekend it's in NorCal I'll be back down in SoCal.
Oh well. I did enjoy the Dawn Wall one last night.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Sep 21, 2018 - 08:25pm PT
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Full page ad in the latest New Yorker magazine.
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mikeyschaefer
climber
Sport-o-land
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Sep 21, 2018 - 08:41pm PT
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The list of screening locations on NatGeo’s site will be updated as more venues are announced. What is currently listed is by no means all of the shows. So the people asking about locations should just sit tight a little bit longer.
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 23, 2018 - 01:05pm PT
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Great link, Mei. These guys are having fun.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sep 26, 2018 - 04:06pm PT
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Rolling Stone interview
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/climber-alex-honnold-free-solo-interview-728944/
The notion of God is absent from Free Solo. With a movie like this, the audience might expect a scene where everyone is praying for your safety. But you’re not into that?
No, I’m very anti-religion. I think it’s all just medieval superstition. Religion relies on some desire for a spiritual connection and I do get that from just being out in Yosemite. I get that feeling of grandeur and awe in the world sitting on a cliff at sunset, watching the mountains glow pink, that a lot of people get through religious faith.
Do you think that your being an atheist is linked to your attitude about death?
I’ve certainly thought about my mortality more than most. I think some people turn to faith as a crutch, to avoid thinking about mortality — you know, “Well, I’ll carry on forever in some eternal kingdom.” But the harder thing is to stare into the abyss and understand that when it’s over, it’s over.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 26, 2018 - 05:09pm PT
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in the trailer the man saying " I can not believe you guys actually watching it" and close his face is this Mikey Schaefer ?
I can not stop watching trailer. like JLP I watched it more than 50 times for the frame where music stopped and only sound of Honnold's breathing below the camera..
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mikeyschaefer
climber
Sport-o-land
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Sep 27, 2018 - 10:39am PT
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Yep, Alexey that is me. I will be forever known as the camera man that can't even watch what he is shooting... At least they didn't put the part in there of me crying due to the stress.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 27, 2018 - 01:20pm PT
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Mikey, congratulations that now we all can "actually" watch it without closing the face knowing the outcome of The Solo
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mikeyschaefer
climber
Sport-o-land
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Sep 27, 2018 - 01:31pm PT
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I think you will be surprised with how many people in the audience still can't actually watch it! I've sat through numerous screenings with large audiences, the best part of the show for me is watching how many people cover their face. And If they aren't covering their face they are often sitting with their mouth gaping wide open in awe. That being said I still haven't seen it with a crowd full of climbers. Wish I could of seen it at Facelift to see how people react.
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