How did 60 Minutes take their segment tonight onfree solo climber Alex Honnold?For such a dangerous and unique assignment , only the best would do .
First , a fuse : Free unaccompanied climbingis the pure form of climb there is . Climbers habituate no ropes or tools of anykind , save perchance a deoxyephedrine bag to battle moisture and some rubber climbing shoes . Very few climbers ever “ alum ” to this stage , mostly for the obvious rationality , that being a horrific destruction if something , anything should go haywire . You should note this is not “ loose mounting , ” which regard safety equipment gear wheel so long as it does not attend to with the ascent .
film this fearless natural action requires an every bit audacious film crew , one that is equip with a multifariousness of automated cameras and other assorted gear wheel . 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan , producer Jeff Newton ( a crampon himself ) and Peter Mortimer of Sender Films ( who has made a movie about Honnold ) take about two days to set up the camera and rigging used in the segment .
The team also needed to be extremely heedful around Honnold as he ascend , hence the limited instructions about not change position or attitude until he had climbed by . Errant stone or distractions could have mean death for Honnold as he climb .
see Honnold rise a sheer cliff face was unnerving enough for me , and I was on a couch . I can only imagine what it was like for the 60 Minutes film gang . See the “ overtime ” segment that explains how they set it all up in the video included here . [ 60 minute of arc ]
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