The biggest news in climbing right now, by a country mile, is the Dawn Wall. In case you’ve missed it, this is Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s long-standing project on El Capitan. To call it the hardest big wall free climb in the world is barely to do it justice – it’s such a leap forward that many well informed commentators are calling it by far the greatest achievement in climbing history. Quite the accolade.<br /><br />Tommy first started exploring the route, which is based on a Warren Harding aid line, 8 years ago and gradually worked on the pitches with a number of climbing partners. However, it wasn’t until Kevin Jorgesen joined him 6 years ago, that real progress was made. Since then, the 2 of them have spent countless weeks and months on the route, gradually figuring out pitch after pitch, until last autumn, when they finally freed the hardest section. <br /><br />Just before this breakthrough, we grabbed a word with Tommy to find out if he really thought that this could be the year that the wall finally went free.<br /><br />Tommy Caldwell And Kevin Jorgeson On The Verge Of Climbing History | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep. 421
