What happens when the cliff next to your village becomes a climbing playground? Ask this 12-yr-old Ethiopian shepherd. He's now a climber! Watch full story here: http://bit.ly/2dD2zHZ | Free Solo

5.5K reactions · 1.5K shares | Free Solo is a stunning, intimate, and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold as he prepares to tackle his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock—the 3,200ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park—without a rope. From award-winning documentary filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, in theaters this fall. | National Geographic TV | Facebook

"Riveting." "Gripping." "Breathtaking." The critics are loving FREE SOLO, and you will too. In theaters now. | National Geographic TV

“On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold free soloed the Freerider route of El Capitan in three hours and 56 minutes. It wasn’t an act of recklessness but of the kind of planning worthy of a moon landing. It wasn’t an act of selfishness but an extraordinary gift to everyone who believes that the limit of human achievement is far from being reached. It wasn’t a useless stunt but a reminder that utility alone is a poor way to measure the grandeur of one man’s spirit. Go see the movie. You’ll see what I mean