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Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Nears End Of Week 1

Posted November 19, 2010 at 7:27 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push to free a new line on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall is 6 days old now. When we last checked in with the duo on Tuesday morning they had finished Pitch 9 which put them in position to begin work on the route’s most difficult pitches, pitches that would take […]

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Kevin Jorgeson, Tommy Caldwell

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More Updates From The Dawn Wall

Posted November 16, 2010 at 7:36 am · Comments { 17 } ·

A brief update after the first 3 days of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push up a new free route on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall

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Push Begins On El Cap For Caldwell & Jorgeson

Posted November 14, 2010 at 9:56 am · Comments { 5 } ·

After years of hard work and preparation Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson set off yesterday morning to attempt a ground up send of their project on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall

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Video Friday: The Bachar-Yerian

Posted November 12, 2010 at 8:37 am · Comments { 11 } ·

A little runout climbing on the Bachar-Yerian to get your palms sweating on this Friday

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Andrew Rock, Jan McCollum

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New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary

Posted November 8, 2010 at 7:20 am · Comments { 8 } ·

According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan. The pair blazed up the wall in at an astonishing 2:36:45, shaving 20 seconds off the previous record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in 2008.

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