Behind the Scenes of Free Solo With Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

Free soloing El Capitan is not easy. Filming someone’s free solo of El Capitan is also not easy. Watch Free Solo directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin get into the nuts and bolts of how they filmed Alex Honnold’s iconic Freerider ascent for the making of their Oscar-nominated documentary.

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