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[QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3214394, member: 7894"]
"The Dawn Wall" was a fairly good documentary about pioneering a new route on El Capitan in Yosemite, possibly the hardest rock climb anywhere in the world.  It was too long though, some pacing problems.  The pitch that one of the climber's got stuck on just dragged way too much.  In reality he was stuck for days, but in a film it wasn't necessary to belabor it that much.  Also it was weird that with about 15 or 20 minutes left in the film all of a sudden you see Tommy Caldwell's kid for the first time.  Seems like it should've been noted he has a son earlier on.  That was just jarring.  They presented this woman Becca as her girlfriend, yet they were married 3 years before his historic climb.  Again, weird choice by the filmmakers.

Interesting compare/contrast w/ "Free Solo."  Caldwell's climb was much harder in technical terms, but they were roped up and fell countless times during their 3 weeks they spent on the wall.  Honnold obviously did not have the option of falling and completed his climb in a number of hours.  Entirely different endeavors.
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