Alex Honnold climbs through the enduro corner on El Capitan's Freerider. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

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Alistair Hall

Alistair is the editor and publisher of Wilderness. His favourite tramping ground is Tongariro National Park.

By Alistair Hall

Win one of five double passes to Alex Honnold's edge-of-your-seat movie Free Solo

***THIS COMPETITION HAS CONCULDED***

We’ve got five tickets to the film Free Solo to give away.

The movie is a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock… the 975m El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold’s climb of the Freerider route set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. Succeeding in this challenge places his story in the annals of human achievement.

To win tickets, email your answer to this question to competitions@lifestylepublishing.co.nz:

What’s the name of the El Capitan route Alex Honnold climbs in the movie Free Solo?

Email your answer, along with your full name and postal address to competitions@lifestylepublishing.co.nz before 12pm Tuesday, December 18. Keep an eye on our facebook page for winners. Winners will be contacted by email.

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Here’s a gallery of images form the film:

Alex Honnold cleaning his van in Yosemite National Park, CA. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold writes down the day’s climbing event in his climbing journal. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold free solo climbing on El Capitan’s Freerider in Yosemite National Park. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold free-soloing El Capitan. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold free soloing the Scotty-Burke offwedth pitch of Freerider on Yosemite’s El Capitan. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold climbs through the enduro corner on El Capitan’s Freerider. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold making the first free solo ascent of El Capitan’s Freerider in Yosemite National Park, CA. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold sits atop the summit of El Capitan. He just became the first person to climb El Capitan without a rope. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)

Alex Honnold holds all of his climbing gear atop the summit of El Capitan. He just became the first person to climb El Capitan without a rope. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin)