15 January 2015

Caldwell and Jorgeson summit tonight - WATCH IT LIVE!

Yesterday, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made good progress on the last 12 pitches which could be followed on this live feed. They have scheduled a press conference in El Cap meadow tomorrow morning, January 15th. Their ascent has been followed by the biggest news media around the globe and also on the wall, climbing journalists and photographers have been following them every day. Tommy and Kevin started their successful push on the 28th of December and their Dawn Wall will set a new standard of Big Wall/Multi-Pitch climbing. The 32 pitches include three 9a's (two for Tommy) and ten pitches from 8a+ to 8c. The previous hardest BW/MP in the world did include just two 8c's.
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