The photos

Free solo film directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Alex Honnold and Jimmy Chin after the free solo up Freerider, El Capitan, Yosemite,...
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Alex Honnold making his free solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite, USA on 3...
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American rock climber Alex Honnold in Yosemite
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Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Jimmy Chin
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Alex Honnold's climbing diary and the entry regarding his free solo of Freerider, El...
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Jimmy Chin
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Alex Honnold free solo climbing Freerider, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA on 3 June 2017....
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Alex Honnold free solo climbing Freerider, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA on 3 June 2017....
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Alex Honnold after his free solo ascent of Freerider, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA on...
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Alex Honnold standing high above Yosemite Valley, USA where on 3 June 2017 he...
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Taken from the film Free Solo: Alex Honnold with Sanni McCandless
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Free Solo film directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
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