• attempt to create the first-ever big wall free climbing route—which they christened The Dawn Wall—on the historic southeast face (The Wall of Early Morning...
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    and Muir Wall (1965, Yvon Chouinard and TM Herbert). Later ascents include: Wall of the Early Morning Light, now known as Dawn Wall, on the Southeast...
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    Kevin Jorgeson over 19-days made the first free ascent of The Dawn Wall on El Capitan, which was the first-ever big wall free climb at 9a (5.14d) in history...
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    2015, with Tommy Caldwell, he successfully completed the first-ever free climb of The Dawn Wall on the southeast face of El Capitan in Yosemite National...
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    ascended the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park. In 1971, Robbins completed the second ascent, with Don Lauria, of the Dawn Wall on...
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    The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records. It is...
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    as Free Solo and The Dawn Wall. A key concept in many types of rock climbing is that of the 'lead climbing pair'. One member — the 'lead climber' — will...
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  • first ascents in Yosemite, some 28 in all, including The Wall of Early Morning Light (later The Dawn Wall). He was nicknamed "Batso", a reference to his penchant...
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    freeing the Dawn Wall, and Alex Honnold's 2017 milestone in big wall free soloing attracted global attention. Trango Towers, Karakoram. The Great Trango...
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    Adam Ondra (category Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics)
    completed the second free ascent of the 1,000-metre granite route, The Dawn Wall, a 32-pitch grade 5.14d (9a) big wall climbing route at El Capitan in the Yosemite...
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    Tommy Caldwell in the development of the TC Pro climbing shoe. This was the shoe that Caldwell used while making his ascent of the Dawn Wall and by Alex Honnold...
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    with the wall. May increase the risk of an accident by becoming caught in the descender. Boots or climbing shoes: Used to increase friction against the rock...
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    cases (e.g. the Salathé Wall and Dawn Wall), the first free ascent was by a climbing pair alternating leads, and in such instances, the first individual...
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    one knows exactly where to look. The Great Wall at Badaling The Great Wall at dawn The Juyongguan area of the Great Wall accepts numerous tourists each...
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    single-pitch and multi-pitch rock climbs, including the even longer big wall climbing that features in the Free Solo film, free soloing is performed in a wide...
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    him scaling the exterior high school gym walls on many occasions. John Long, John Yablonski, Ron Kauk and Mike Graham, whom Bachar met in the early 1970s...
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    Parkour (redirect from Wall flip)
    with the hands. "Wall run": Running toward a high wall and then jumping and pushing off the wall with a foot to reach the top of the wall. "Climb up": Moving...
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    (2015), Meru (2015), The Dawn Wall (2015), Free Solo (2018), 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021), and The Alpinist (2021). The Reel Rock Film Tour is...
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    Ventoux for the view, before Petrarch Tommy Caldwell (born 1978) US, first free ascents of big wall routes on El Capitan, including Dawn Wall, first at...
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    known for being the creator of the Reel Rock Film Tour, as well as the director of feature documentaries The Alpinist, The Dawn Wall and Valley Uprising...
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    A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with manufactured grips (or "holds") for the hands and feet. Most walls are located indoors, and climbing...
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    for canyoning are often cut into the bedrock stone, forming narrow gorges with numerous drops, beautifully sculpted walls, and sometimes spectacular waterfalls...
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    movement. The resulting intensity of the shear stress causes a breakage along the faces. Crevasses often have vertical or near-vertical walls, which can...
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    Dawn Angeliqué Richard (born August 5, 1983) is an American singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. She began her career auditioning for MTV's Making the...
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    American big wall climbing routes will often include the NCCS grade (Levels I–VII) with the YDS grade (e.g. the Salathé Wall at 5.13b VI). The UIAA scale...
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    aid in ascending the climbing route. It is equivalent to an A0-graded aid climbing technique and is typically used on longer big wall climbing or alpine...
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    pin or peg) in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using...
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    Midnight Lightning (climb) (category Climbing in the United States)
    "Climb of the Century? 7 Groundbreaking Ascents (Besides the Dawn Wall)". Climbing. Retrieved 12 August 2023. The Editorial Staff (1 June 2016). "The 25 Greatest...
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