Free climb

There’s no rope here. Let that sink in. ⁣ ⁣ Alex Honnold is well known for his free soloing, especially his climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park 🏞 ⁣ ⁣ Head to the link in our bio to read “10 National Park Documentaries You Need to See” (One doc, called Free Solo, features Alex Honnold 🧗‍♂️ ⁣ ⁣ * Side note, obviously don’t try this!⁣ ⁣ 📸 @alexhonnold @squarespace @funkyclimbing

Rock climbing is exploding nationwide right now, with new climbing walls opening every day and people like our cover star, Jared Leto, blowing up Instagram. But to find the source of rock climbing's cool, you have to go back to the 1970's. That's when a California crew called The Stonemasters took the sport to new heights (literally) from Joshua Tree to Yosemite and beyond, fueled by Jimi Hendrix, LSD, and the undeniable drive to look like no one else while doing it.

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Will Stanhope wins the 2015 Golden Piton for Big-Wall Free Climbing.

What do you do when you can’t climb? You watch climbing documentaries, of course. We’ve compiled a list of our 10 favorite climbing documentaries that are available on Netflix with a subscription or for free on YouTube, plus a few bonus films that cost a few bucks to watch on YouTube but that I could

Free climbing a Capo Noli, Savona, Liguria - © Silvio Massolo, Province of Savona, Liguria region Italy

While he won't be competing, Alex Honnold tells PEOPLE he's thrilled to watch some of the world's best climbers perform on the international stage

His stunning scramble up the 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan, in less than 4 hours, came after meticulous planning and training.