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As for going faster: if I got it right they were stuck for some 10 days because Jorgesen had a trouble with one particular pitch.
by rimantas 12y ago
As for going faster: if I got it right they were stuck for some 10 days because Jorgesen had a trouble with one particular pitch.
- thaumaturgy 12y agoGood point! But the folks that practice gnarly 8-foot dynos (http://gfycat.com/HonoredVelvetyEstuarinecrocodile http://gfycat.com/HonoredVelvetyEstuarinecrocodile) and razor-thin crimps don't tend to hang out on big walls, so it'll be a while. Caldwell may've made it look sort of easy, but I think he's still one of the top climbers in the world. (A short video from one of his sponsors on his training for the Dawn Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2k876YuPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2k876YuPw) NatGeo has a better article about the climb at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150114-climbing-yosemite-caldwell-jorgeson-capitan/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150114-climb..., which includes a video about pitch 15. Jorgesen talks about it a bit.