“I feel like it’d be really hard now to better it because my brain is just like tons of sponge cake after that project,” Griffith said. Griffith, who spent hours painstakingly going through the footage in post-production, said he’d also be keen after taking a break from such an intense and time consuming project. I’m very, very pleased with the whole thing and I would happily do more of it.” “The whole experience was great and I got to do a month of great climbing. You know, honestly, if anybody would have us, I would happily do it again. “I’ve already floated some ideas to Jonathan,” he laughed. The pair both seem excited about collaborating again and Honnold, named as a producer in the series, has ideas about what could come next. Given his standing, Honnold is asked to feature in numerous projects around the world but, it seems, working in VR with Griffith has captured his imagination. And then the next day she will watch five more minutes.” She will watch five minutes and get all stressed out and put it away. “My mother-in-law has been watching the film five minutes at a time. “Sharing with my family is the most important thing, having people close to me actually understand what we’re doing and where we are and what it feels like. “I’m not normally that impressed by soloing footage because, in general, the memory of the experience of something is more powerful than watching it on film,” he says. Griffith said it took the team over a year to mastermind the complex rigging system which can be set up while hanging off the side of a mountain.īut the outcome, Honnold says, was worth the extra effort. Then comes the rigging system which aims to get the camera as far away from the rock face as possible while still keeping the very expensive equipment safe and secure. The camera itself, which weighs around 5.5 kilos, is actually made up of eight different cameras, allowing Griffith to shoot in 3D. The crew would then hide behind corners or rocks so viewers are left with an unspoilt view of Honnold climbing in these astonishing settings. The equipment needed to shoot in virtual reality isn’t light and was hauled up and down the rock faces wherever they went. Griffith had his work cut out trying to capture Honnold and world-class alpinist Nicolas Hojac – who helped guide the team through the Dolomites. ‘Sharing with my family is the most important thing’ “He just exudes confidence and chill when he’s soloing, so you never panic.” But he’s so calm on the rock when he’s soloing. I mean, that really would be terrifying to watch. “So when you watch people like Alex solo, he’s always in control. There’s an awful lot of planning and training and everything else that’s gone in before they even set foot on the solo. “And when they go and solo something, they don’t just turn up and go crazy on it. “They’re very thoughtful human beings,” Griffith told CNN Sport when asked what it was like working with free soloists – those who climb without ropes. The show allows for a new appreciation of the strength, flexibility and mental fortitude which has made Honnold such a name. If he falls, he dies' - Climbing 3,000 feet without ropesĪt one point, viewers are seemingly standing in the clouds as mist rolls in with Honnold climbing in an almost dream-like setting. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin) Jimmy Chin/National Geographic/Jimmy Chin Griffith had already demonstrated the art of VR in a stunning project focused on Mount Everest, but the opportunity to work with the world-renowned Honnold was an exciting prospect.Īlex Honnold free solo climbing on El Capitan's Freerider in Yosemite National Park. Honnold was joined on the adventure by a number climbers, as well as series producer Jonathan Griffith. “The real highlight of doing VR is that it allows people to really be there.” “I’d never done anything in VR, so it seemed like an opportunity to do something new and interesting,” Honnold told CNN Sport, speaking about the making of the ‘Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR.’ Look down, and viewers get a very real sense of just how far he is off the ground. Honnold is the star of a new two-part virtual reality (VR) series which follows him as he demonstrates his skills on unforgiving mountains in the Dolomites, Italy, and in his familiar stomping ground of the US.Īudiences, who require a Meta headset to watch the series, get to see Honnold shimmy up rock faces using just his hands and feet. Alex Honnold stunned the world when he climbed El Capitan without any safety ropes – and now the climbing sensation is giving fans a front row seat to his free soloing skills.
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