Best Free Solo Climbing Films

Honnold's 2014 solo of the 1,750-foot limestone route in El Potrero Chico, shot by Renan Ozturk. The film that made his name outside climbing.

The original Reel Rock short of Honnold soloing The Phoenix, a 5.13a crack in Yosemite that had never been free soloed.

The companion piece: how the Phoenix solo was rehearsed and filmed, from the same crew.

Potter climbing Deep Blue Sea on the Eiger with a BASE rig instead of a rope. The origin of 'FreeBASE' as a discipline.

A feature-length portrait of Dean Potter, the soloist and BASE jumper who pushed the ethic further than anyone and died doing it in 2015.

Jimmy Chin on the years of solos that led up to Freerider, with footage that never made the Oscar-winning film.

Magnus Midtbø joins Honnold for a day of ropeless climbing. A creator's-eye view of what soloing next to him actually feels like.

The 2000 film with Dean Potter, Steph Davis and Dan Osman, from the era when soloing footage was rare and shocking.