The Alpinist is an astonishing documentary about a man who pushed the limits of mountain climbing

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Mountaineer? Mountaineer [looks it up in the dictionary] where the devil are they, mound, mount… mountain… a mountaineer: ‘two men skilled in climbing mountains’. Jolly good, well you’re in. Congratulations, both of you. Well, er, what are your names?

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Crazy. I top rope climb in a gym and still get scared when I fall (harmlessly) I couldn’t imagine free climbing like that. You don’t get to make two mistakes.

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How is this relative to Free Solo (2018)?

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These people tend not to live very long. This game of ghosts is a sobering discussion of being part of that community.

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Sadly, he died on Mendenhall Towers in Juneau, along with Ryan Johnson, a local climber. Neither body has been recovered. Ryan was a super nice guy, well liked around here.

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Sad, but I bet they really squeezed the “living” out of life while they were here.

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Even Alex Hannold says this guy was nuts.

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Wow! That’s saying something. I remember walking out of Free Solo thinking: that was REALLY cool. Too bad he’ll be dead soon.

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I watched Free Solo 2-3 times. This one I don’t think I could watch again, and even had to pause it for my own intermission breaks a few times. A bit too intense for me.

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Indeed! That’s why I asked! It blew my mind that his girlfriend was there, knowing the whole time he was one tiny mistake away from … well…

The Tommy Caldwell quote in Free Solo was so apt: “Imagine an Olympic-gold-medal-level athletic achievement that, if you don’t get that gold medal, you’re gonna die.”

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No one to share a drink with afterwards or share body heat with?

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Same here.

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Starkly different terrain and technique… Honnold explains in this film how his rock medium is permanent and not nearly as ever-changing as an ice face… i’m also not sure whether Honnold climbs onsight (without planned routes or research) nearly as much as Leclerc. i really dug this film and was completely captivated and moved by this young man’s story.

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I wish I hadn’t read this comment before I watched the movie last night. Not knowing this spoiler would have had a bigger impact.

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