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Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson become first to negotiate difficult climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan using only hands and feet; safety rope used for falls

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, the climbers in Yosemite National Park who have been in the news for a couple of weeks now, finally accomplished the feat everyone has been talking about:

They became the first to free climb the difficult Dawn Wall of El Capitan, using only safety ropes to prevent them from falling but otherwise negotiating the near 3,000-foot granite monolith with only their hands and feet   …  More

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