Leave it to one among climbing’s deepest-entrenched weirdos to tug off a zany and impressive movie trick — in a state of affairs the place identify recognition would have gotten the job performed all by itself.
Unless you’ve been underneath a rock for the previous decade (like, a very, actually distant rock — let’s say an area rock), you recognize that Alex Honnold is acutely well-liked.
There’s by no means been a rock climber extra folks have spent extra time celebrating. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay might have made the official first ascent of Mt. Everest — however they by no means gained an Oscar.
So from a sure perspective, it’s fairly bizarre that Cedar Wright opted to tug a rabbit out of his hat together with his most up-to-date video manufacturing starring Honnold.
Leave it to Cedar, that’s precisely what he did. Check out this Squamish climbing compilation, which Wright and his crew edited, produced, and launched all throughout the span of 24 hours.
If Wright’s movie-making magic or Honnold’s star energy nonetheless hasn’t bought you, don’t miss the remainder of the solid. Sonnie Trotter, Hazel Findlay, Will Stanhope, and Jason Kruk additionally seem.
Runtime: 8 minutes
