Alex Honnold is high above Yosemite National Park in the middle of his ascent of El Capitan. The camera is looking down at him with as he is crack climbing on the granite wall. In the distance below him is a forest of deep green trees

Free Solo: A True Piece of Art

Author: Joel Dull All photos courtesy of National Geographic Imagine standing at the base of El Capitan an approximately 3000-foot wall that has been the place of death for...