Samantha Allen on Free Solo

What the Plus

Nov 20 2020 • 44 mins

Award-winning journalist and author Samantha Allen joins Garrett Martin to discuss Free Solo, the National Geographic documentary about Alex Honnold and his amazing free solo climb of El Capitan. What drives somebody to push themselves to the furthest edges of human achievement? And what are the ethics of encouraging somebody to climb a 3000 foot high rock with no tools whatsoever? Samantha and Garrett talk it over in this episode of What the Plus.

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