Climbers didn’t ‘conquer’ Yosemite
On Wednesday, the climbers, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell, became the first people in the world to free climb the “Dawn Wall” route of Yosemite’s El Capitan face. It’s a…
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Free climbers first to summit El Capitan via Dawn Wall
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson using only their hands and feet, with ropes designed only to catch them when they fallreached the summit Wednesday. Caldwell and Jorgeson have been scaling…
Free climbers near summit of El Capitan
Since December 27, Caldwell and Jorgeson have been scaling the 3,000-foot rock formation. Now, it appears the duo will reach the summit in just a few days. The route Caldwell…