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In this June 18, 2019, photo, professional rock climber Alex Honnold blows on his chalked hands at the Earth Treks gym in Englewood, Colo. His fear is that maybe his 2017 ropeless climb of El Capitan in Yosemite featured in the spine-tingling, Academy Award-winning film &quot;Free Solo,&quot; just might be the summit of his career. If that's the case, he's made peace with it. These days, he's just as content taking a safer route in indoor climbing gyms. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Rock star: After ‘Free Solo,’ climber unsure of next journey

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, climbers Sanni McCandless, left, and Alex Honnold, subjects of the documentary film &quot;Free Solo,&quot; pose for a portrait at the InterContinental Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. After six months touring to promote the Oscar-winning documentary film 'Free Solo,' rock climber Alex Honnold and girlfriend Sanni McCandless are back home in Las Vegas and still making sense of it all. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP,File)

After Oscar win, what’s next for Las Vegas climbing couple?

By C. MOON REED - Associated Press

Evan Hayes, from left, Alex Honnold, Sanni McCandless, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin and Shannon Dill, from the cast and crew of &quot;Free Solo,&quot; arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

‘Free Solo’ wins the Oscar for best documentary feature

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Mikey Schaefer, from left, Alex Honnold and Sanni McCandless participate in the &quot;Free Solo&quot; panel during the National Geographic portion of the TCA Winter Press Tour on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

‘Free Solo’ film about El Capitan conquest gets TV debut

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2018 photo, climbers Alex Honnold, from left, and Sanni McCandless, subjects of the documentary film &quot;Free Solo,&quot; pose with co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin at the InterContinental Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

In ‘Free Solo,’ a steeper challenge for Honnold than El Cap

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

The Latest: Yosemite climbers smash El Cap climb record

Associated Press

In this June 3, 2018 photo provided by Corey Rich, Alex Honnold, right, and Tommy Caldwell pose for a portrait at the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Days after two of the world's most celebrated rock climbers twice set astonishingly fast records on the biggest wall in Yosemite National Park, they did it again Wednesday, June 6, 2018, breaking a mark compared with track's four-minute mile. (Corey Rich/Reel Rock /Novus Select via AP)

Climbing stars cope with falls on way to El Capitan record

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

The Latest: Climber: Scaling El Capitan is about mental prep

Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2015 file photo shows El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif. An elite rock climber has become the first to climb alone to the top of the massive granite wall in Yosemite National Park without ropes or safety gear. National Geographic documented Alex Honnold's historic ascent of El Capitan on Saturday, June 3, 2017, saying the 31-year-old completed the &quot;free solo&quot; climb Saturday in nearly four hours. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Solo climber is 1st up mighty California rock without ropes

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press