Tommy Calwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s attempt to free a new route on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall comes to an early end

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 […]

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

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