My review of the new documentary, Free Solo – Five Stars! How are we to think about a young man who climbs a 3000 ft shear rock face, El Capitan, alone, with no safety rope? The words that might come to mind first include, crazy, death wish, thrill-seeker, adrenaline junkie, publicity hound. We have a tendency to want to categorize and compartmentalize people, and yet, we are frequently presented with examples of people who appear to be completely unique. If you immerse yourself into the world of Alex Honnold through the new documentary, Free Solo , you will find yet another example of the amazing diversity that represents the human race. You will also find knots in your stomach as you see amazing video of him, alone and unequipped—a human fly on the side of a beautiful and massive mountain. His free solo ascent of El Cap follows by seven years his previously unimaginable free solo of Half Dome, a 2000 ft wonder at the other end of Yosemite valley. We have often seen that whe...