Explorer: The Last Tepui

An exciting but unfortunately superficial documentary, with two interesting protagonists - The eighty-year-old biologist Bruce Means brings the world-famous climber Alex Honold into his research team to climb a mountain in the Amazon to discover undiscovered nature there.

It's a pity that the documentary is so short and therefore remains quite superficial. Alex Honold, as always, seems relaxed and purposeful, seems a bit apathetic in the documentary abee - which sometimes takes the tension a little. All in all, an exciting topic and worth seeing.

This was a quick, exciting, and entertaining documentary filled with beautiful scenery and lots of jungle trekking. I could probably watch Alex Honnold climb anything at this point but I would have loved to see more of the Tepui.

The overall idea was very intriguing, but quickly dissolved as you realize the main goal is truly unattainable. As the viewer, it felt like they only completed the documentary because they had put so much effort up to that point. We learn very little at all about the species discovered on this expedition and we are left with a very broad concern for the area. The final disappoint was the climbing portion. They recruited one of the most well known climbers, Alex Honnold, but we learn very little about the climbing and only hear him speak a few times throughout the hour. Overall, I really wanted to like this documentary, but everything just felt rushed and finished before it started.

It was a great film and Alex H is amazing. That being said, was it really a first ascent? There were many climbing shots with ropes hanging from above and camera angles from above. It also looked like there were bolts above the climbers.

I found this show interesting and inspiring. Could they have gone into further detail and fleshed things out a bit more? Yes. Would I recommend this to somebody on a rainy Saturday? Sure.