:D

I geek out about climbing on different rock types, because they demand such different movements and climbing styles; you learn different thing from each one. Basalt climbing at Dumbarton is very interesting, and it actually illuminates how Dave MacLeod (top climber who started out at Dumbarton and climbed there obsessively for ages) developed his particular style and strengths.

(I recommended Free Solo to my small cousin, not having yet watched it, because she has a gentleman friend who likes climbing and she likes watching films with people...)

This seems like an excellent rec! It is a really really good film about climbing, which is totally accessible to non-climbers (and being enjoyed by many many non-climbers) while not coming across to climbers as if it's over-simplifying/patronizing*. Which is a hard trick to pull off.

There's also a thing which I feel with both this and The Dawn Wall, where -- mainstream representation of climbing and climbers tends to be stuff like Cliffhanger or the soloing in Mission Impossible, which is hilariously/cringe-inducingly WRONG. As is the case for most niche interests, I suspect.

Whereas Honnold and Caldwell -- these are our dudes! This is what some of the greatest living climbers actually look like, the gangly spectrum-y dude with the unusually chill amygdala who mostly communicates in Valleyspeak, and his friend the scrawny nerdy self-described "dyslexic and clumsy late bloomer" with the considerable amount of backstory. They are excellent people! We can be proud to have them as our representatives, and delighted to see them being appreciated by the wider world!

{*Barring a couple of moments of over-simplification, which I will grudgingly allow them for narrative purposes.}