First Ascent

2010 NR 30m 8.3

Solo free climbers as well as alpinists are featured tackling difficult climbing, and sometimes personal, challenges across the world.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Alone on the Wall

1. Alone on the Wall

Aired: Nov 4, 2010

Twenty-three year old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free so...

Episode 2 Patagonia Promise

2. Patagonia Promise

Aired: Nov 4, 2010

Climber Stanley Leary and his two friends venture across South America to the...

Episode 3 Impossible Climb

3. Impossible Climb

Aired: Nov 4, 2010

For a decade, Chris Sharma has ruled the climbing world, establishing the mos...

Episode 4 Point of No Return

4. Point of No Return

Aired: Nov 4, 2010

Elite alpine climbers Jonny Copp and Micah Dash travel to a little-explored a...

Episode 5 Brother's Wild

5. Brother's Wild

Aired: Nov 4, 2010

Two brothers - Timmy O'Neill, a pro climber, and Sean O'Neill, who is paralyz...

Episode 6 Fly or Die

6. Fly or Die

Aired: Nov 4, 2010

Aerial samurai Dean Potter combines his two passions of free solo climbing an...

Info about First Ascent

Network: National Geographic

Production Country: United States

Genres: Adventure, Sport