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The Dawn Wall

Four young Americansface a life or death choice, with the ultimate question,to kill or be...

Four young Americans
face a life or death choice, with the ultimate question,
to kill or be killed?

Full Transcript

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Four young Americans face a life or death choice,
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with the ultimate question, to kill or be killed?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:04
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, sport
Production
Sender Films,Red Bull Media House

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Movie Summary

In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
When we got home, there was this crazy media circus. - The Dawn Wall 00:04
When we got home, there was this crazy media circus.
You guys are walking with this captor - The Dawn Wall 00:06
You guys are walking with this captor
What happened at that moment when you realized, - The Dawn Wall 00:05
What happened at that moment when you realized,
I thought that I was an evil person. I said to Beth, - The Dawn Wall 00:10
I thought that I was an evil person. I said to Beth,
After Kyrgyzstan, - The Dawn Wall 00:05
After Kyrgyzstan,
I was like, what is inside me that allowed me to do this? - The Dawn Wall 00:05
I was like, what is inside me that allowed me to do this?
Yosemite is known - The Dawn Wall 00:05
Yosemite is known
And the crown jewel of this Mecca is El Capitan. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
And the crown jewel of this Mecca is El Capitan.
It's just this iconic 3,000 foot high monolith. - The Dawn Wall 00:06
It's just this iconic 3,000 foot high monolith.
When you see that thing for the first time, - The Dawn Wall 00:06
When you see that thing for the first time,
The steepest, blankest, most forlorn... - The Dawn Wall 00:06
The steepest, blankest, most forlorn...
Impressive part of El Cap - The Dawn Wall 00:05
Impressive part of El Cap
People have done a handful of free climbs up El Cap - The Dawn Wall 00:06
People have done a handful of free climbs up El Cap
But the Dawn Wall has never been climbed. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
But the Dawn Wall has never been climbed.
Just the sheer magnitude of blank rock on the thing, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
Just the sheer magnitude of blank rock on the thing,
Until Tommy Caldwell came along, - The Dawn Wall 00:08
Until Tommy Caldwell came along,
If Tommy and his partner Kevin can actually do this, - The Dawn Wall 00:10
If Tommy and his partner Kevin can actually do this,
It's December 27th, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
It's December 27th,
The goal is climb it in a single push, - The Dawn Wall 00:14
The goal is climb it in a single push,
We've put in so much work leading up to this moment. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
We've put in so much work leading up to this moment.