Jimmy Chin - Free Solo

00:00 | Trailer
03:23 Brian’s thoughts on the episode
06:13 Brian’s introduction
06:59 Sweating palms reaction to Jimmy’s new documentary film Free Solo
11:59 What Free Solo is about and how people connect with it
15:24 The mind-blowing concept and history of free soloing
19:39 What Alex Honnold learned about being perfect from free soloing up Half Dome
23:07 Why people climb
25:21 Alex Honnold’s relationship with Sanni McCandless28:56 Alex’ personality is one that allows him, or anyone in a high-performance situation, to succeed
34:59 Deciding whether, or not to make the film knowing that someone could die in the process
44:54 How Jimmy and perhaps Alex think about their own mortality
48:25 Jimmy’s most-scariest moment when climbing
50:35 The process of making the film and some of the production issues encountered
1:00:04 What happened on the day the climb took place
1:07:56 The Karate kick, the most intense part of the climb
1:10:52 How it felt for Jimmy to have completed filming
1:12:16 From Bafta to probable Oscar nomination
1:13:01 Nobody’s ever achieved anything great by being happy and cosy
1:14:31 Will this be Jimmy’s greatest film
1:15:33 How does Jimmy physically achieve what he does
1:16:43 His connection with nature
1:19:44 Jimmy’s daily practice
1:22:14 The best and worst days of his life
1:23:34 What are Jimmy’s super powers
1:25:14 What scares him shows why he makes the films he does
1:27:05 What we might be surprised to know about Jimmy
1:27:41 Did his Tiger mother influence him
1:28:52 You only protect what you love
1:30:14 Phone call to the 20 years old Jimmy
1:30:49 Best advice ever received
1:31:36 Success secrets
1:32:28 Brian’s summing up.