#DawnWall and the Fear of Real Time Media

Over the past several days I’ve been mesmerized in real-time by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson as they’ve negotiated the final parts of their 19-day free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

While El Capitan has been climbed many times, this was the first free climb (ropes only used for safety, not for climbing) of the Dawn Wall - widely considered the most difficult climb in the world. During the entire climb, they communicated to the world and we shared via #DawnWall.