"El Capitan" Preliminary B1 2020 CollinsTest 5 Part 6

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

Answer explanation

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

and became (29) (a)   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) (a)   spent with him hanging on to the smallest pieces of rock....

....pieces of rock with (31) (a)   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) (a)   if you get the chance.