Tommy Caldwell Completes Last 5.14 Pitch Of Dawn Wall

The Dawn Wall saga continued last night as Tommy Caldwell completed the final 5.14 pitch of the free Dawn Wall, leaving just a handful of pitches that are “only” 5.13 and easier between him and the completion of his goal of free climbing the Dawn Wall.
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Unfortunately, Kevin Jorgeson was not able to progress past Pitch 15 which has stymied him for a couple of days now, but it sounds like they are still committed to a team ascent so they will continue to wait things out.

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18 Responses to Tommy Caldwell Completes Last 5.14 Pitch Of Dawn Wall

  1. peter January 7, 2015 at 1:01 pm #

    Think you meant to title your post “The Great Dawn Wall Dilemma” …

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    • Narc January 7, 2015 at 1:03 pm #

      Typo on my part

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      • peter January 7, 2015 at 3:21 pm #

        And nothing about Jorgeson “coming clean?????????”

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        • Narc January 7, 2015 at 3:38 pm #

          What on earth?

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          • peter January 8, 2015 at 11:49 am #

            My thoughts exactly:

            “Kevin Jorgeson, one of the very first 8a members, comes clean on Facebook ” [Jorgeson quote]

            -the one and fortunately only Jens

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        • T January 7, 2015 at 3:41 pm #

          8a’s “coverage” of this keeps getting more and more ludicrous with each passing hour

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          • DD January 11, 2015 at 12:45 am #

            As do the laughably predictable responses you people make

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  2. Joel January 7, 2015 at 1:08 pm #

    Narc, your comment to the 8a.nu coverage of this story was gold. A simple “No.”. Good stuff

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  3. Sound Check January 7, 2015 at 10:09 pm #

    Does this mean the famous dyno pitch is effectively dead?

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    • Seth January 7, 2015 at 10:46 pm #

      We’ll have to wait and see if Kevin does the dyno or skirts it.

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  4. InternetClimbingSpeculator January 8, 2015 at 2:09 am #

    With the amount of attention that this climb has been getting (and that has been given by the climbers) it must feel shitty to be in Kevin’s shoes right now. By that I’m referring to the pressure to perform especially since his partner has experienced an incredibly fortunate series of successes. Plus you just know he wants to send it so bad (and by all means can)

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    • Narc January 8, 2015 at 4:47 am #

      No doubt. I would also think that it’s pretty unlikely that a big push like this is going to happen again which would be on my mind if I were him.

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      • Matt January 8, 2015 at 6:22 am #

        Jorgenson and DiGullian.

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      • Frode Mauritsen January 8, 2015 at 4:05 pm #

        What makes you think that, Brian? If this push shouldn’t end in a satisfactory way to Tommy and Kevin (and it should be their opinion, not anybody else’s), I reckon they’d give it another go as soon as they have recovered physically and mentally and conditions are good again?

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        • Scott January 8, 2015 at 9:22 pm #

          I think he was meaning if Tommy sends and Kevin doesn’t, it may not happen again.

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        • Narc January 8, 2015 at 10:12 pm #

          Basically what Scott said. Although Kevin is not the type of person to give up so I could see him coming back if it doesn’t work out this year, but it would not be easy. Hopefully he can make it happen now!

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          • Frode Mauritsen January 9, 2015 at 4:07 am #

            Makes sense. Also, am I wrong in thinking that this project as a whole (not just this push, but the whole thing) is still mostly Tommy’s baby (which might corroborate further your hypothesis)? At what point did Kevin become a (surely welcome) staple in this?

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  5. David January 8, 2015 at 11:35 am #

    Aren’t Jorgeson’s struggles is the best part of the story??? it confirms they are trying something crazy difficult. There are so many stories about successes…. why can’t the “glorious failure” be just as legitimate?

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