Tommy Caldwell on the Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d), considered the longest, hardest free climb in the world. After spending 19 days on the wall, he and Kevin Jorgeson reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park for their historic first free ascent of the Dawn Wall on January 14, 2015. Photograph by Brett Lowell The Dawn Wall was the climb heard and seen around the world. Over 19 grueling days last January, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson achieved their seven-year pursuit of free-climbing the hardest multi-pitch route in the world: the 3,000-foot Dawn Wall…
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