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Free as Can Be [Full Film]

Mark Hudon and Jordan Cannon's partnership as captured in Free As Can Be is a paradigm that climbing partners in all disciplines should aspire to!

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When Jordan Cannon, a young climber infatuated with climbing history, meets climbing legend Mark Hudon, a Yosemite big-wall free-climbing pioneer, they form an unlikely partnership around a common goal. While Cannon wants to complete an all-free ascent of Freerider on El Capitan in a day, Hudon hopes to free the route in as many days as it takes, becoming the oldest guy to free climb El Capitan.

Read More In Our Story Mark Hudon, 63, Climbs Freerider 99.7% Free-As-Can-Be