Free Climbing Yosemite’s ‘Dawn Wall’

Free Climbing Yosemite’s ‘Dawn Wall’

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Rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson talk about scaling the 3,000 foot sheer vertical face of Yosemite’s El Capitan that was long thought impossible to ascend. The duo discuss sleeping in portaledges — tents suspended more than a thousand feet in the air — and the personal risks and rewards of rock climbing. The new documentary about their historic climb is ‘The Dawn Wall.’

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