I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote
- Herman Melville
Preparing for the fight of their life, over a nineteen day push, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson free climbed the Dawn Wall, the hardest big wall free route in the world.
It’s hard to overstate the climbing achievements of Adam Ondra.
Tommy Caldwell’s resume includes the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, 5.15 sport routes, and V14 boulder problems.
In under eight days, Adam Ondra climbed all of the 32 pitches, pulling off the second and fastest free-ascent of the Dawn Wall. .
It was a year of jaw dropping lows for the environment and for the outdoors community.
Tommy Caldwell and Ken Jorgeson top out on the world's first free-climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, USA. .