VIDEO Part 1: BD athletes Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attempting to free El Cap's hardest climb
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68. VIDEO Part 1: BD athletes Tommy Caldwell and Kevin…
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When is a rock climb too hard, the holds too small, the cracks too thin? Black Diamond athletes Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson pushed those physical and mental boundaries to the limit this past fall when they spent nearly two months attempting to free a line on El Capitan’s southeast face, a 900-meter route (linking up sections of the Dawn Wall and Mescalito) that is likely the hardest big wall free climb in the world, mind-bogglingly stacked with numerous 5.14 pitches.
To read Tommy's essay about the effort and see exclusive images from the climb, go to: blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/journal/climb/athletes/path-of-resistance--tommy-caldwell-and-kevin-jorgeson-attempt-the-first-ascent-of-el-caps-hardest-free-climb
To read Tommy's essay about the effort and see exclusive images from the climb, go to: blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/journal/climb/athletes/path-of-resistance--tommy-caldwell-and-kevin-jorgeson-attempt-the-first-ascent-of-el-caps-hardest-free-climb
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1 year ago Wow, I could never do this. Impossible are some things. -
Kevin Krakauer 7 months agoHow...did the videographer get above them? -
Luke Meadows 2 months agoBeautiful climbing in a jaw-dropping setting. How amazing it must be to spend so long, alone with nature. That's real living. Well done Tommy! -
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