Episode 2: Patagonia Promise

November 16, 2010

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First Ascent - The Series - S1 - E2

Climber Stanley Leary and his two friends venture across South America to the wild peaks of Patagonia on a journey of the heart. Their mission: to attempt a first ascent, and spread the ashes of Stanley's lover Roberta from the summit, thus granting her dying wish.

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First Ascent - The Series: Season 1 - 6 Episode s

1x1 - Episode 1: Alone On The Wall
November 9, 2010
Twenty-three-year-old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free solo climbing to new heights. Climbing truly massive walls without a rope, and zero chance of survival if he falls, Alex is calm and fearless (except when it comes to girls). But attempting the 2,000-foot wall of Half Dome, the greatest free solo ever attempted, would finally teach Alex the meaning of fear.
1x2 - Episode 2: Patagonia Promise
November 16, 2010
Climber Stanley Leary and his two friends venture across South America to the wild peaks of Patagonia on a journey of the heart. Their mission: to attempt a first ascent, and spread the ashes of Stanley's lover Roberta from the summit, thus granting her dying wish.
1x3 - Episode 3: The Impossible Climb
November 23, 2010
For a decade, Chris Sharma has ruled the climbing world, establishing the most difficult first ascents in existence. Now Sharma has found the longest, hardest, most beautiful climb of his life. Training for months on end, braving hundred-foot falls and throwing every ounce of his superhuman energy and ability at this seemingly impossible route, he aims to once again.
1x4 - Episode 4: Point Of No Return
November 30, 2010
Elite alpine climbers Jonny Copp and Micah Dash travel to a little-explored and treacherous mountain range near the border of Tibet to make the first ascent of a high-altitude face. When tragedy strikes, the dark and dangerous side of climbing is revealed.
1x5 - Episode 5: Brother's Wild
December 7, 2010
Two brothers, Timmy O'Neill, a pro climber, and Sean O'Neill, who is paralyzed from the waist down, push the limits of adaptive climbing, conquering the 3,000-foot face of El Capitan. Then it's on to the Ruth Gorge of Alaska, where they cross a treacherous glacier to climb a remote rock wall. In a storm-stricken land that would challenge even able-bodied climbers, Timmy and Sean face their greatest challenge yet.
1x6 - Episode 6: Fly Or Die
December 14, 2010
Aerial samurai Dean Potter combines his two passions of free solo climbing and BASE jumping to create the most outrageous and visionary style of climbing ever conceived: The BASE Free Solo. Climbing with no rope, and only a parachute to catch him if he falls, Potter turns the adrenaline levels up to maximum and pushes climbing into new and dangerous territory, while chasing ever closer on the heels of his childhood dream of human flight.

First Ascent - The Series: All seasons

S1: Season 1
6 Episode s

1x1 - Episode 1: Alone On The Wall

1x2 - Episode 2: Patagonia Promise

1x3 - Episode 3: The Impossible Climb

1x4 - Episode 4: Point Of No Return

1x5 - Episode 5: Brother's Wild

1x6 - Episode 6: Fly Or Die

S1: Season 1