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Five questions with the ‘Free Solo’ star about his future plans in climbing, high-altitude mountaineering, and adventure filmmaking

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When we talk about the wonders of the world, it's easy to focus only on the architectural and historical marvels created by humans. However, the natural world

Climbing with his brother Álex and his father Francisco, Catalan climber Edu Marín has made the second free ascent of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower range in Pakistan. Established in 1989 by Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, Christof Stiegler and Milan Sykora, the Karakorum big wall was first climbed free by Thomas and Alexander Huber in 2009.

There is nothing like an adventure in the mountains surrounded by the nature’s giants It was the end of July 2020 and Covid-19 engulfed the earth. Lockdowns, travel restrictions and closure of public places were the order of the day. Grown bored with working from home in Lahore, I decided to head to my second home, in an Islamabad suburb. I went for long walks in the Bani Gala hillocks and watched movies. One of those was Vertical Limit, a K-2 survival thriller. Watching the movie made me wonder about the depth of human determination. Exhilarated, I dropped a line to my motorbike pals on ...