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World Service,17 mins

Alex Honnold, rock climbing's rock star

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Alex Honnold is a rock star in the climbing community. On June 3rd, 2017, he climbed El Capitan - a daunting 3,000 ft (914m) rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California - without any safety equipment. Outlook's Emily Webb spoke to Alex about how he managed it and about the documentary "Free Solo" that tells the story of this extraordinary feat. (Photo credit: National Geographic Documentary Films.)

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