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Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson
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The Dawn Wall

Tommy Caldwelland Kevin Jorgeson attempt the hardest climbin the world

Tommy Caldwell
and Kevin Jorgeson attempt the hardest climb
in the world

Full Transcript

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Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson
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attempt the hardest climb in the world.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:49
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.
No one has ever free-climbed the Dawn Wall. - The Dawn Wall 00:04
No one has ever free-climbed the Dawn Wall.
These guys have captured the world's attention. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
These guys have captured the world's attention.
El Capitan's infamous Dawn Wall. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
El Capitan's infamous Dawn Wall.
The teachers actually at one point told us - The Dawn Wall 00:06
The teachers actually at one point told us
I was developmentally delayed through... probably still. - The Dawn Wall 00:06
I was developmentally delayed through... probably still.
I was this very fragile little kid, - The Dawn Wall 00:05
I was this very fragile little kid,
But meanwhile, my dad was, like, the symbol of a man. - The Dawn Wall 00:06
But meanwhile, my dad was, like, the symbol of a man.
He was this big bodybuilder dude and mountain climber. - The Dawn Wall 00:04
He was this big bodybuilder dude and mountain climber.
I think my dad felt - The Dawn Wall 00:07
I think my dad felt
Every summer, we'd go to Yosemite with my family, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
Every summer, we'd go to Yosemite with my family,
Some of the craziest climbing stunts you could ever do, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
Some of the craziest climbing stunts you could ever do,
The things that Tommy's dad took him on, - The Dawn Wall 00:08
The things that Tommy's dad took him on,
He basically took hardship and rephrased it as growth. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
He basically took hardship and rephrased it as growth.
He was loving, but he definitely let me suffer. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
He was loving, but he definitely let me suffer.
The word that was in my mind was resilience. - The Dawn Wall 00:04
The word that was in my mind was resilience.
It seems to me one of the best gifts you can give your kid - The Dawn Wall 00:06
It seems to me one of the best gifts you can give your kid
By the time I was 14 or 15, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
By the time I was 14 or 15,
Climbing was the first thing in my life - The Dawn Wall 00:05
Climbing was the first thing in my life
So Tommy was 16, - The Dawn Wall 00:06
So Tommy was 16,
We thought we'd drive over there and watch the comp - The Dawn Wall 00:05
We thought we'd drive over there and watch the comp