29 October 2011
Since 3 seasons, Black Diamond athletes Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up for an attempt at free climbing a new 1000-meter route on Yosemite's El Capitan on Dawn Wall, that roughly follows the aid line Mescalito and, when free climbed in a single-push, would place it as unquestionably the hardest, most demanding big wall free climb ever.
Kevin Jorgeson is out of the mix after injuring his ankle on a massive eight-foot horizontal dyno
(see video)
Tommy Caldwell is in the Valley right now, gearing up for a ground-up free push starting next week and supported by his wife, Becca, and his 61-year-old father, Mike. Stay Tuned!
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