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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Oct 10, 2018 - 09:31am PT
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Alex Honnolds "Note to Self". Makes me want to free solo El Cap (in my next life).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_zgZOHuzM
Thanks for posting that! I knew it was going to be on CBS yesterday, but I don't get broadcast TV and so couldn't watch it. Most excellent segment.
After driving to SF yesterday, we discovered that it's knott playing anywhere in town, despite the fact that it was inexplicably listed on AMC's schedule. Will probably wait until it plays at the Rafael in San Rafael after Oct 15th.
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cragnshag
Social climber
Gilroy
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Oct 10, 2018 - 06:27pm PT
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Going mainstream...
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Oct 10, 2018 - 07:40pm PT
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Link to well written review, (Warning spoilers)
I'm curious what could be spoiled at this point. So far we know:
1. Alex did knott fall to his death.
2. His girlfriend dropped him (literally, knott figuratively).
3. At least one of the photographers could knott watch and looked away - presumably at the crux.
If it's something really earth shattering and indeed a "spoiler", might be best knott to click that link!
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 11, 2018 - 06:11am PT
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I'm curious what could be spoiled
Nothing, really. I edited my post accordingly.
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Oct 12, 2018 - 12:32am PT
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However great people say the achievement and/or the movie is/was... it's better than that.
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ec
climber
ca
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Oct 13, 2018 - 08:44am PT
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Wow...a ‘real’ flick about climbing on the big screen! We thoroughly enjoyed it. I did think when he first attempted it, when the narrator says, “on pitch 6,” I swear there was a micro clip of the dbl cracks (dark) of pitch one...just sayin’. I’m glad that this outstanding achievement was put on film and some credit was given to those who are not with us now. I wonder why the ‘Triple Crown’ (Watkins, 1/2 Dome & El Cap) in one-day was not mentioned, as that feat was also way up there.
 ec
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ClimbingOn
Trad climber
NY
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Oct 13, 2018 - 12:50pm PT
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ec, on IMDb's page on Free Solo they list the Triple Crown as "El Cap, Half Dome and the Washington Column." I wonder who supplied them with this incorrect information? It is their one and only Trivia Fact. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7775622/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Oct 13, 2018 - 09:58pm PT
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Finally got to watch the movie in the Bay Area. The climbing footage did not disappoint. Already thinking about watching it again before it is taken off the big screen.
I have saved the Runout Podcast episode on Free Solo on my phone and listened to it after I watched the movie. Learned something interesting at the end (no spoiler from me).
I clicked on a link posted in another thread, and landed on this Bing search page. I guess the video can be relevant in the Astroman-Rostrum link up thread, or here since it's also free solo, but the video itself is not what I wanted to share. I noticed the "Related Searches" shown to the right. People really go to dark places sitting in front of their computers, don't they?
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hb81
climber
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Oct 14, 2018 - 01:47am PT
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So uhm, is this gonna be screened outside the US at all?
still no international dates on the website... :(
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Oct 14, 2018 - 03:06pm PT
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Caught it a few days ago, in Burbank (should have coordinated with Batrock!)
Remarkable.
I'm surprised by some of the remarks in this thread. This is not a film about a climb---it is a film about a person who is able and willing to do that climb.
The GF angle, the MRI angle, the fear angle, the diet angle----all of that, and more, goes to the issue of why THIS GUY did the climb. Why did not others do it? There is a reason, and I think the film addresses the issue in a very understandable way.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 14, 2018 - 09:25pm PT
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This is not a film about a climb---it is a film about a person who is able and willing to do that climb.
LOL
It's still a climb.
Lots of people have done this climb, were able and willing to do it .....
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Oct 14, 2018 - 09:28pm PT
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Lost of people have done this climb, were able and willing to do it .....
is that right
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Inner City
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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Oct 15, 2018 - 11:27am PT
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Saw the movie, it was fantastic.
One question, what is the YDS rating of "the Boulder problem" high up on the route. That was hair-raising watching that section.
What a guy.
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ec
climber
ca
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Oct 15, 2018 - 02:51pm PT
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5.13a
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