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The Dawn Wall

Director: Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell

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American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson captivated the world with their effort to climb The Dawn Wall, a seemingly impossible 3,000 foot rock face in Yosemite National Park, California. The pair lived on the sheer vertical cliff for weeks, igniting a frenzy of global media attention.

Director:
Josh Lowell & Peter Mortimer
Genres:
Adventure Documentary
Release date:
2017
Language:
English , German
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Even in the dead of winter, it was incredibly hot during the day on the Dawn Wall of El Capitan. The wall acted like a giant solar collector, which is why the climbers waiting till dusk or even night, when temperatures dropped to 30 degrees, to climb. After spending 19 days on the wall, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park for their historic first free ascent of the Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d) on January 14, 2015.

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