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Follows free climber Emily Harrington | dG1fWXZJZnpYUEJSeHM
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00:01When you look at El Cap, it looks impossible.
00:05I give her 20% chance to send it, honestly.
00:08It's so hard. It's outrageous.
00:10She just hasn't paid her dues.
00:18World-class climber Emily Harrington.
00:20Emily. Emily. Emily Harrington.
00:22Five-time national champion.
00:24Growing up, I desperately wanted to prove girls were not inferior.
00:28When I found climbing, this switch went off.
00:32We're at El Cap time.
00:36To call yourself a successful climber, you've got to be up on El Cap.
00:41It's a 3,000-foot granite face.
00:46My goal is to free-climb El Cap in under 24 hours.
00:49I chose the Golden Gate Route.
00:51It's only been free-climbed in a day by three people.
00:53It's very much a boys' club.
00:55I know the routes really well. I've worked on them a long time.
00:57I want to help Emily achieve this big dream of hers.
01:033.30 in the morning.
01:04Em is going to lead us to the summit of the mighty El Capitan.
01:10Nice, Em.
01:12You're crashing.
01:14I've been climbing for 22 years, and I'm not willing to give it up.
01:34All of these people that I've looked up to and idolized.
01:37It's giving me so much.
01:39Adrian and I have discussed starting a family, but before taking that step.
01:44I need to go back.
01:45I don't want to take eight years to free-climb El Cap in a day.
01:47Then I'll be 40, and then it might be too late.
01:49Try and stop me.
01:50This is no longer just to prove myself.
01:55It'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.
02:09It doesn't get much more difficult than El Cap.
02:14I'm excited for what's next.
02:18I'm excited for what's next.
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