Climbing SOLO with Alex Honnold **INSANE EXPERIENCE**

2022 · 35 min · Free Solo, Documentary

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A 35-minute edit by Magnus Midtbø (shot by Markus Skaane) that follows Alex Honnold climbing unroped. The footage combines sequences of exposed, unroped movement with conversational moments and behind-the-scenes shots; the upload credits and on-screen material make clear the focus is on the logistics and motion of soloing rather than a single named pitch. Credits in the description list Magnus Midtbø (editor) and Markus Skaane (camera), and the video runtime is 35 minutes. The film is of interest as a record of how a top-level free-soloist moves and is filmed by a fellow pro climber. It foregrounds camera choices and interpersonal dynamics around unroped climbing — how lines are chosen, how moves are framed, and how the climber and filmer manage exposure — without centering on a historic first ascent or a single famous route. The upload description also links to a Touchstone Climbing gym and to Magnus Midtbø’s other projects, but the piece itself is best read as a short documentary-style portrait of Honnold’s unroped technique and the practicalities of filming solo climbing.

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