00:01When you look at El Cap, it looks impossible.
00:03I give her 20% chance to send it, honestly.
00:06It's so hard.
00:07Most likely fail.
00:08It's outrageous.
00:09She just hasn't paid her dues.
00:17World-class climber Emily Harrington.
00:19Emily.
00:19Emily.
00:20Emily Harrington.
00:21Five-time national champion.
00:22Growing up, I desperately wanted to prove girls were not inferior.
00:27When I found climbing, this switch went off.
00:30We're at El Cap time.
00:34To call yourself a successful climber, you've got to be up on El Cap.
00:39It's a 3,000-foot granite face.
00:44My goal is to free-climb El Cap in under 24 hours.
00:47I chose the Golden Gate Route.
00:49It's only been free-climbed in a day by three people.
00:51It's very much a boys' club.
00:53I know the routes really well.
00:54I've worked on it a long time.
00:55I want to help Emily achieve this big dream this first.
01:00It's 3.30 in the morning.
01:02Em is going to lead us to the summit of the mighty El Capitan.
01:05Nice, Em.
01:09You're crashing.
01:11What?
01:12Are you okay, Em?
01:13Are you okay?
01:14Are you okay?
01:15Are you okay?
01:16I've been climbing for 22 years, and I'm not willing to give it up.
01:32All of these people that I've looked up to and idolized, it's giving me so much.
01:37Adrienne and I have discussed starting a family, but before taking that step.
01:42I need to go back.
01:43I don't want to take eight years to free-climb El Cap in a day.
01:45Then I'll be 40, and then it might be too late.
01:47Try and stop me.
01:49You can try and stop me.
01:52This is no longer just to prove myself.
01:54It's to gain that confidence in myself.
01:59You have to try things you're afraid of to get to know yourself.
02:04It doesn't get much bigger.
02:07It doesn't get much more difficult than El Cap.
02:12I'm excited for what's next.
02:16I'm excited for what's next.
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