"El Capitan" Preliminary B1 2020 CollinsTest 5 Part 6

We're coming to the end of our holiday in America and have just (27)__________ to Yosemite National park, California.

Answer explanation

I had to come here after I saw the documentary about Alex Honnold, (28)___________ did what experts thought was impossible

and became (29)___________ first person to climb El Capitan without the help of ropes. This kind of climbing is known as free soloing.

El Capitan is a vertical wall of granite 914 metres high and it took Honnold 3 hours and 56 minutes to complete the climb. Much of the time (30)______________ spent with him hanging on to the smallest pieces of rock....

....pieces of rock with (31)__________ fingertips and the edges of his shoes. Alex spent over a year preparing for the challenge and everythig, including the final climb, was filmed for a documentary.

You really should try to seee (32)________ if you get the chance.