18 December 2013

The hardest pitch in Yosemite has been done

Tommy Caldwell reports on Facebook: "I regret to inform anyone looking to climb the hardest pitch on Yosemite that now they have to get to the absolute middle of El Cap to make it happen. PITCH 15 WENT DOWN!!! It's looking like winter conditions are the way forward. I Love this climb!!!" Tommy has been projecting The Dawn wall for six years and he has been accompanied mainly by Kevin Jorgeson. On topo picture, six pitches graded 8b+ or harder have been filled in and earlier reports have speculated that there actually might be some 9a included. This would probably mean that the world's hardest pitch on a big wall might just have been done.
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