The Incredible Hulk: Emily Harrington & Alex Honnold Free Climb "Solar Flare" | The North Face

The North Face athletes Emily Harrington and Alex Honnold take The Progressor Collection for a walk up the Incredible Hulk for a free ascent of ""Solar Flare"" (5.12d) in the high Sierra of California. Discover more: bit.ly/TheNorth...
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Original Score by: Fizzix Productions (www.fizzixproductions.com)
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[@nl7352]

When I was little I free soloed the kitchen counter to get to the cabinets

[@travelion.5254]

I was more like a spider man.

[@tricktaylor]

I free soloed my bunk beds after an accident with ropes. my mom had to cut me down. Turns out you dont just tie them around your waist. You can hyrt yourself like that.

[@pamacons]

I tried free soloing onto the table to get a hot dog and fell and got 10 stitches in my brow

[@laptopdoc]

😁🤣🤣

[@johnpenland1742]

I free solved grandmas tree when I was 5 years old. It is about 60 feet tall. I wasn't to swing sticks around I might poke out an eye. Nobody ever told me I could break my fool neck falling out of the tree.

[@MrMattyHoff]

"Alex was thinking we would simal climb the first four pitches, I was thinking we would just climb it like normal people" incredible haha

[@valbuigfx2691]

Nhac Bolero

[@nickmartin123456]

@Lino Andrade "pitch" here actually has nothing to do with angles. A long climb is broken up into multiple sections called "pitches", which are usually about the length of the rope. Each person has their turn climbing the pitch while their partner sits still and belays. Then reset and do the next pitch. Alex, notorious for his love of fast and risky climbing, suggests "simul-climbing" or simultaneous climbing with a "running belay". In "simul-climbing", the belayer is also climbing while the lead climbing is climbing the next pitch. The team can move much faster up the route, but there are many more moments in which a fall could lead to serious disaster.

[@That_one_guy27]

@@nickmartin123456 thank you for this info I have been climbing for a few months and still learning the terminology. Always great to know there are others out there willing to teach and help others grow. Much respect and positive vibes toward you

[@philiprowland9390]

Nice to see these two climbing monsters exemplify safety and professionalism, while also having a good, nice, fun, supportive time. And good for North Face for supporting this attitude.

[@JessaJayVlogs]

They have great chemistry together as climbing partners! Alex knows when to push Emily, and Emily isn't afraid to tell Alex when he's being nuts. HA. Brilliant.

[@YogSoth]

As long as Alex remembers to not tie his shoes while he’s belaying her, they’ll continue to make a great team after Emily recovers.

[@MickaLuna]

@@YogSoth what happened? Did she get injured?

[@nikkorivvera]

Well alex is married now haha

[@pearlgreenwood859]

@@YogSothc cd

[@amitaveama7739]

,,yv🎉, di u🎉 es w,

[@tubewatcher38]

"She doesn't respect my art", haha I'm going to use that one.

[@Destort]

North Face needs to work on their youtube exposure. These things are rad and I want to see more!... even though they're laced with advertising

[@westongiles1593]

HappinessFactory Totally agree. Which is why I'm applying to their marketing squad!

[@Gunsik93]

I'm switching my major to computer science and hope to join any available positions they have for software engineering or IT. I WILL DO ANYTHING TO JOIN THIS COMPANY.

[@barrymullen9194]

HappinessFactory l0 p o

[@meatlips]

Aaron Baronek o v

[@thibautnoah2599]

Agree, i just bump into their youtube channel and i was like wtf? So little suscribers oO

[@clementboutaric3952]

Emily at the end of a world class multi pitch climb : That was fun !

[@MissLilRedRooster]

I love their easy camaraderie. Dry humor, sarcastic jabs, but ultimately supportive and encouraging. They seem to just "get" one another. Very nice to see that dynamic.

[@darrenlamb5640]

I have never done rock climbing in my life and i never intend to. I am utterly terrified of heights. But even so, alex honnald is my biggest inspiration in life. What he has achieved is literally mind blowing. The man is an absolutely astonishing human being.

[@crex-pd1vv]

this is how my grandparents say they went to school

[@ahoward3819]

Lame. This comment is on so many climbing videos.

[@marcanthony4930]

"Thanks for the Beta...it was Mega!" With spit on his chin and face he looks razzled, and he didn't hide that it was a tough spot and she helped him. His humility is what makes me like his so much, he wasn't threatened to say she had the right answer.

[@OwenL2020]

"It's sending time!" "It's definitely not sending time." LOL

[@Lom3us]

The return of the sweaty palms

[@Erikali26]

The endless push, on Emily, to go bigger and harder, from Alex, will Always keep me coming back to see more.....

[@rickyism1576]

Alex was definitely the fuel for Emily's El Cap climb.. the way she talks about him and her admiration for what he is to the sport on the Rogan podcast plus this video, you can see what the relationship is like. I hope that is Alex's future and no more free solo attempts...

[@PaulCarterArt]

You two are amazing athletes. Thanks North face for documenting these incredible humans and climbs for future generations to see those who came before

[@evasmojang]

you're

[@kalen1702]

I watched Free Solo recently (the documentary about Alex's free climb of El Capitan), and it's fantastic. I don't really know anything about climbing, but it had a great mix of Alex's life, his motives, some insight, and actual raw footage with helpful commentary of the climb. Just totally worth your $4 to rent some night in the future.

[@Riomojo]

Check out Alex Honnold Climbs Angola and the other capitan doc called The Dawn Wall, you’ll love both

[@herzeliedstein573]

“Only things in a day” *free climbs Golden Gate in 24 hours

[@10HW]

they look like brother and sister! great complicity, awesome climb

[@justincerabona9743]

I seriously gotta stop leaving these vids in my watch later for weeks on end. Now I just want to watch more.

[@j.s.3414]

Here I am trying to master the beginner routes at my local gym. 5.6-5.7 feels like a giant kick in the nuts 🤣

[@rockclimbing3844]

Alex you are such an amazing climber. super inspirational thanks, keep up the good work. Go emily go emily go emily go go go!!!

[@Beederda]

The wind i cant help but wobble when i see the wind in these videos whilst they cling by almost nothing

[@01psychosocial10]

Really like the Camera-angles you can see how they are climbing not just someone on a wall from far who is working his way up. Overall good job. Keep it up!

[@inmyopinion651]

Alex "I don't know about team" haha

[@fredsmith2299]

I know I heard that too .... How can you not be a team ... on North Face ...

[@nathanwilliams4005]

He certainly has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. Though, I almost felt like he was serious there lol.

[@CraftedbyHands]

@@fredsmith2299 I thought he was meaning like you cant be a team climbing, you kinda gotta do that yourself.

[@fredsmith2299]

@@CraftedbyHands A team or individual .... What guy takes is gal on a trek like that hanging on cliffs by finger tips and taking chances ... unless he didn't care .... it's so weird .... and what personality ....

[@dsenunez]

Alex mention that climbing the freerider in a day would be a goo idea. A few months later, since this video was posted, he freesolo the freerider in less than 5 hours. Maybe this was part of his training.

[@Ari_Arlo44]

So that was a lovely countryside stroll

[@MichelleeRae]

Great video :) Love their chemistry as climbing partners!

[@twstf8905]

She's continuously impressive. I've seen her get incredibly frustrated, over and over, trying one pitch or another she's struggling with, only to see her pull it off eventually every time, which makes her one of the World's hardest working climbers. Amazing. 👍

[@SephCat74]

The coffee she was drinking in the beginning, I swear, that's the best fucken canned coffee ever.

[@culloutoltec9111]

always good to see something new from Alex

[@incidentalist]

I free soloed the stair stepper earlier today, for a solid 25 mins!! 🙌🙌🤗🤗

[@midi510]

2:29; Alex Honnold doesn't bother tying his shoes for 5.12. It's always good to see my home turf getting some love.

[@philipwire6988]

Emily's fall at Yosemite put the comments about simulclimbing in a different context...

[@jesussaddle]

Yes, and she said Alex wanted to Simul Climb it. To me that's partly the reason Free Solo is such a wonderful film - that they let it be up to Alex what he did. I hope she makes her own choices as well.

[@jeffludlam9420]

This guy blows me away. He is amazing

[@AGH331]

I think TNF should at some point release an album of all the Fizzix scores used in these videos - that stuff is amazing!

[@oxiclean3162]

I really like how this video shows us their actual climbing and how they would approach something

[@0hn0haha]

The bit with Conrad in black and white is gr8

[@jimbojet8728]

Well done team. Thanks for the vid.

[@Ravenblues]

Seeing Alex in gear is weird

[@jordankrecek1373]

Only if you hadn't heard of him until Free Solo was released. Free soloing is about 0.001% of his climbing (and that's from Alex's mouth)

[@chrisreid5745]

Damn near everything he climbs he uses gear and ropes

[@noskillzdad5504]

When he was putting on that helmet, he looked as uncomfortable as somebody getting naked in the middle of work meeting.

[@Ravenblues]

@Patricia A. Badea yeah of course, free soloing without prior practice is suicide as well it was more a play on how good he is rather than expecting him to climb everything without safety, that would be simply crazy

[@badazz07sti]

I was wondering what was "off " about this video, and you nailed it

[@Wish4Fish]

That was awesome. Hopefully one day.

[@pilotflux8005]

Harrington is such a badass, love her

[@surfclimbcycle]

Big respect to Peter Croft and Conrad Anker for the route

[@Untitled_Text]

“We will be a team 😀” “I don’t know about team” 😔

[@jdu5732]

North Face SCORED with Alex. Good on them. I hate to say it worked, but I did just get a Northface jacket (on sale). Hahaha.

[@dongentile6473]

that was mind blowing, thank you

[@hopebear06]

First class production and first class climbers. Great stuff!

[@TheSakufighter]

Man these videos make me want to pursue my passions.

[@rockclimbing3844]

Incredible Hulk is on my list great video

[@MattNicassio]

Very very cool! Two big names killing a classic route, put up by legends. Would love to see more of these two crushing. Or a project would be sweet

[@midi510]

Peter Croft is amazing. (Be careful shaking his hand.) He did the Palisade traverse from car to Temple Craig, Gayley, Sill, Polemonium, N. Palisade, Starlight, Thunderbolt, Winchell, Agassiz, and back to the car in 24 hours. I consider that to be one of the greatest mountaineering feats in US history. For the article: www.alpinist.com/doc/web14f/wfeature-palisades-mountain-profile-peter-croft. Other good articles about the Palisades: www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP48/44-mountain-profile-palisades-robinson.

[@markdanskin8202]

Man when i first got into climbing i thought it wasn't scary. Yeah climbing in a gym on top rope is rad i thought. I would watch all these videos and say "that's gonna be me someday". Now after taking some lead falls outdoors, watching these videos is super scary. I don't get how people do multi pitch, i think i will be too scared forever.

[@BLURTHEGHOST]

that is just UNBELIEVABLY awesome

[@ChrisProuse]

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing :)

[@georgeedwards9455]

Chris Prouse

[@hetcer]

if I wake at five, and hike five miles, I would need a huge meal and nap and then a hot spring, more food and then back to my car. o wait I'm 45, I forgot.

[@jameswise9696]

45 isnt old

[@FrumpyDucks]

mate im 20 and could not physically wake up at 5 in the morning, let alone the rest of it!

[@MoodyWorksInc]

im 39 and did a 17 mile hike involving 3 mountain summits, and 3mile of running with a 24lb pack, last year... age isnt an excuse *shrug*

[@zanderascher8205]

1234 there’s a very low risk of dying here. If you know what you are doing rock climbing is relatively safe. Not SAFE, it’s still an extreme sport, but relatively so.

[@midi510]

I'm 60 and this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKXYnaGtqsqqaMU is what I did two days ago. Wasn't difficult, but I did have to break trail in fresh powder for several miles. Last October, my son and I ice climbed V-Notch and Polemonium Peak in the Palisades in a day from Sam Mack Meadow. One of my day hikes last summer was 25.5 miles and 8'300' vertical. Getting old isn't the problem, getting lazy is. On the way back from The Incredible Hulk, they could hit two natural hot springs if they wanted to.

[@ffionashton7809]

My two fave climbers fuck yes

[@kalevala29]

I don't know how people do this. I get dizzy just watching them. And I'm not afraid of heights.

[@Hunyango_007]

1:51 Emily looks so adorable here

[@jonathanarmstrong484]

Love these two

[@aidennova1143]

Love these two climbing together

[@camparilover]

This was awesome! Love it when these two team up!

[@SnaykEyes77]

0:21 - High Brew coffee in a can......I love that stuff. Looks like the salted caramel flavour too.

[@Brian_Moser1118]

it blows my mind to think about how strong these climbers are and how much pain tolerance they have. I have tried indoor climbing at a gym with a 33 ft wall and it was painful as shit. These people are climbing much much more than just 33ft which is insane to me because i remember the pain in my fingers. It was unbearable

[@olivia-bv3ms]

Once you climb a lot you build up calluses on your hands which helps with the pain :)

[@Brian_Moser1118]

hand crack climbing is hard but finger crack climbing blows my mind. It has got to be the hardest type of climbing. How can a person carry their entire weight on the fingertips ?!!!

[@chuffer595]

Liam Gallagher practice! And being able to ignore pain for a while

[@riverwoodruff5986]

finger cracks are definitely not the hardest type of climbing, go watch alex megos or daniel woods do a v16. Or ondra sending la dura dura. Cracks just require a special skill set and technique, and they're very painful ;)

[@mikeydurden]

River Woodruff they're hard but none of those guys would attempt or have the endurance to free solo the climbs he has done regardless of holds.

[@machaine433]

beautifull ! and lucky to not climb these type of route under a heavy rainfall...

[@Pradeep.Poonia]

Alex is usually quite in most of his videos. With Emily and Hazel he was really funny.

[@DaniZaffa]

I think that they work very good as climbing partners! However i love this type of videos :D

[@nils2118]

Amazing vid!!

[@twstf8905]

Haha when they speed up the footage he looks like a spider climbing up the wall 🤪

[@stevem842]

Alex definitely free solo'd Emily when the climb was over

[@ProjectUnity]

lmaoooooo

[@dominicnikon6276]

can you explain more? i don't get how he could free solo a person

[@ProjectUnity]

We'll tel you when you're older ChestNut

[@dominicnikon6276]

1st im old enough 2nd i think its time to change this account up lol

[@ProjectUnity]

D:

[@peterb9481]

I like this video. They make it look really fun.

[@justinwr092]

I'm so glad I'm not crazy. I think I'll go to Subway right now, not rock climbing. Subway. Probably a philly cheese steak, but who knows. Might go meatball. Sometimes I get wild.

[@rogerdechand]

lol

[@alaska-bornfloridaman]

Lunatic... dial it down a notch.

[@richardbradbury9105]

Careful crossing the road!

[@KatherineUribe-1]

Dude, sometimes just getting through the day is a challenge! I commend you on your Subway Expedition!

[@cottonshot137]

Just eating Subway is crazy as hell

[@rukratos]

We need more videos like this.

[@mindy5996]

Wooooooo 😎 Severo yo apenas estoy aprendiendo pero me toca donde hallan puras guacas x q si no me voy es Pal piso 🤭 es muy vacana la escalada super. wuena wuena jeje 🧗🏼‍♀️😬💪🏼 q fuertes 👍🏼

[@stevenklingler9376]

Y'all are crazy beyond belief!

[@snails9505]

How the hell can they be that relaxed up there?!

[@ghostinthesnow4060]

What a power duo. That was rad

[@CaptainLutra]

"Look good, climb good!"

[@lorik.6669]

Ok, now I understand. In free climbing ropes aren't used to help one ascend. Thanks

[@jacobandersen6075]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tomdun7684]

You're goddamn right ;)

[@snatchmastertyler3841]

I bet the dude filming is the best climber.

[@MattNicassio]

What's the next one?!?!? It's been a minute! I want to see their next adventure!

[@ehoh3246]

Me and my gf walked an entire half mile yesterday... Thinking about teaming up half dome tomorrow

[@ariadnessbenur]

wait why aren't you guys in lockdown???

[@MartinParyz]

Very nice video, enjoyed watching. :)) Awesome climb. :)

[@reginaaranda8071]

I am a girl climber!! I am 12 years old. I love it! 😍

[@bobrickleson2087]

hello fbi

[@clarkeross3688]

Hi again bob

[@oscarabuchar85]

Clarke Ross atolladero dond

[@aaro96live]

start small. Start with bouldering indoors, then climb indoor walls that require harnesses (or the other way around if you feel safer with the harness), and then finally you can climb lead (a bit higher and longer routes).

[@alaska-bornfloridaman]

Find another way to spend your free time.. becoming a paraplegic isn't as cool as you think it is.

[@mixedreactions714]

They bangin

[@NRM09508]

Wild sight Alex..climbing..outside… not soloing!

[@AdamGoodsellOfficial]

Dope guys. Keep pushing!

[@xItzYaSistersxXox]

Her again she said s amazing

[@Pupuk_leres]

Waw..... 😳 this is the best hulk

[@montfortlamaury3735]

Les paysages font rêver !

[@PaulCarterArt]

Wow awesome guys well done thanks for this amazing time capture

[@rockclimbing3844]

Great climb!! Powerful climbers

[@snaggs107]

They literally have hulk hands.. A "hulk smash!" at the end wudve been clutch 😂😂😂

[@PreStormHD]

Really nice video

[@juanmanuelsarmientopenagos372]

Esta figura al parecer tiene un nivel mantenido🧗

[@bayartrenmassyur9463]

The brave man and woman 🙏🙏👍👍

[@CanIbeWithThee]

Looking forward to the freesolo

[@rexdaileg6573]

hardest part is when you suddenly feel the urge to take poop

[@pantalome]

the tension betwen alex and emily

[@jackysew262]

Salute. Great job!

[@JourneyToTheTruthandTR]

I see how far they get their leg up to navigate a path. I'd get a leg cramp for sure.

[@rnunezc.4575]

Watching gives me the creeps ! Unreal !! Would not believe it if wouldn't be watching it.