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The Dawn Wall

When you'refree-climbing, you're usingyour hands and feet to climb the natural featureson...

When you're
free-climbing, you're using
your hands and feet to climb the natural features
on the rock without any assistance
from the rope

Full Transcript

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When you're free-climbing,
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you're using your hands and feet
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to climb the natural features on the rock
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without any assistance from the rope.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:30
Uploaded
Jul 01, 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.
You take turns leading each pitch, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
You take turns leading each pitch,
If you fall, - The Dawn Wall 00:10
If you fall,
They have a certain number of pitches - The Dawn Wall 00:08
They have a certain number of pitches
The first few pitches are relatively easy. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
The first few pitches are relatively easy.
...the wall gets steeper, - The Dawn Wall 00:11
...the wall gets steeper,
It's hard to articulate - The Dawn Wall 00:06
It's hard to articulate
You can't make any mistake in where you grab the hold - The Dawn Wall 00:07
You can't make any mistake in where you grab the hold
You're pushing and pulling as hard as you possibly can, - The Dawn Wall 00:08
You're pushing and pulling as hard as you possibly can,
We climb all day into the night, - The Dawn Wall 00:08
We climb all day into the night,
'Lee-hoe! - The Dawn Wall 00:05
'Lee-hoe!
When you're trying a big wall like this, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
When you're trying a big wall like this,
You've got to haul up hundreds of pounds of gear, - The Dawn Wall 00:06
You've got to haul up hundreds of pounds of gear,
This seems pretty good. Pretty flat, even, I would say. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
This seems pretty good. Pretty flat, even, I would say.
I actually brought a bag of kale on the wall - The Dawn Wall 00:07
I actually brought a bag of kale on the wall
This is the hardest thing you could ever do on your fingers, - The Dawn Wall 00:06
This is the hardest thing you could ever do on your fingers,
Getting pretty obsessed with my lips. - The Dawn Wall 00:04
Getting pretty obsessed with my lips.
The next day is going to be more of the same, but harder. - The Dawn Wall 00:05
The next day is going to be more of the same, but harder.
And it's going to go on day after clay, - The Dawn Wall 00:06
And it's going to go on day after clay,
After Kyrgyzstan, - The Dawn Wall 00:07
After Kyrgyzstan,
I did not want to be separated from Tommy at that point. - The Dawn Wall 00:04
I did not want to be separated from Tommy at that point.