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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · El Capitan’s Dawn Wall - something different


The reason I post this here is that so many photographers are familiar with this particular mountain face and can certainly appreciate the scale and challenge. Two climbers are attempting to free climb it (as in no ropes or safety equipment).

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/sports/on-el-capitans-dawn-wall-two-climbers-make-slow-progress-toward-a-dream.html



Jan 05, 2015 at 01:32 PM
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Thanks for sharing this. No to nit-pic but they are using (ropes) for safety--
"without the benefit of ropes, other than to catch their falls."

Regardless, this is an amazing feat that was unimaginable a few years ago.



Jan 05, 2015 at 05:09 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · El Capitan’s Dawn Wall - something different


The climbers' Instagrams for updates:

Tommy Caldwell

Kevin Jorgeson

Brett Lowell, who isn't doing the climb but is accompanying the climbers to take photos.



Jan 05, 2015 at 08:44 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · El Capitan’s Dawn Wall - something different


jcw1982 wrote:
Thanks for sharing this. No to nit-pic but they are using (ropes) for safety--
"without the benefit of ropes, other than to catch their falls."

Regardless, this is an amazing feat that was unimaginable a few years ago.


I thought the NYT headline was misleading too. They mean the climbers are ascending without using the support of aid climbing (standing in slings, on pins, rivets, etc.), not that they are a thousand feet off the deck without ropes!



Jan 05, 2015 at 11:25 PM





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