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One of the greatest human feats ever.
One man, one mountain, one goal and one mistake between the ultimate life and the certain death...
Sure, there wasn’t elaborate depth or a wide perspective to this documentary but all I really wanted was height, so it’s all good. But I did get a lot more than that actually. Alex is a deeply fascinating human being. The way he thinks, the way he acts and the way he simply... is. I found it very intriguing to see him communicate with people or compile his thought process into words; it’s just not how the norm would do or act. But what he misses that we got he makes up for in what we will never get. What he accomplishes here is just monumental. When he reached the peak of El Capitan, he also reached the peak of the human capability... for now.
Those last 30-20 minutes are absolutely nerve-wrecking, sweat-inducing and utterly adrenaline-fueled. My body and senses wanted to look away but I wanted to keep watching every bit of this madness. I wasn’t even up there with him and I felt the wind in my stomach. The beautiful cinematography really makes you feel like you are right there and is half or more of the experience for sure. The immense amount of depth in the picture lets you be completely immersed in what is happening on screen... and beyond.
What more can I say? Nothing can really compare to seeing a human being on the side of a mountain 1000 meters up in the air with nothing but a t-shirt, some trousers, climbing shoes and a bag of white powder that surprisingly isn’t cocaine. This man is insane. In control or simply lucky. A daredevil or a dumb bloke... or both. I’m forever impressed no matter what though. And frightened beyond compare.
Why isn’t this categorized as horror again?
One of the greatest human feats ever.
One man, one mountain, one goal and one mistake between the ultimate life and the certain death...
Sure, there wasn’t elaborate depth or a wide perspective to this documentary but all I really wanted was height, so it’s all good. But I did get a lot more than that actually. Alex is a deeply fascinating human being. The way he thinks, the way he acts and the way he simply... is. I found it very intriguing to see him communicate with people or compile his thought process into words; it’s just not how the norm would do or act. But what he misses that we got he makes up for in what we will never get. What he accomplishes here is just monumental. When he reached the peak of El Capitan, he also reached the peak of the human capability... for now.
Those last 30-20 minutes are absolutely nerve-wrecking, sweat-inducing and utterly adrenaline-fueled. My body and senses wanted to look away but I wanted to keep watching every bit of this madness. I wasn’t even up there with him and I felt the wind in my stomach. The beautiful cinematography really makes you feel like you are right there and is half or more of the experience for sure. The immense amount of depth in the picture lets you be completely immersed in what is happening on screen... and beyond.
What more can I say? Nothing can really compare to seeing a human being on the side of a mountain 1000 meters up in the air with nothing but a t-shirt, some trousers, climbing shoes and a bag of white powder that surprisingly isn’t cocaine. This man is insane. In control or simply lucky. A daredevil or a dumb bloke... or both. I’m forever impressed no matter what though. And frightened beyond compare.
Why isn’t this categorized as horror again?