Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson Climbers Reach Top at Yosemite

Yosemite Free-Climb Duo Reach El Capitan Summit An impossible dream was realized today for Yosemite climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, as they became the first to free-climb to the top of the nearly vertical El Capitan’s “Dawn Wall.“ Caldwell and Jorgeson used only their hands and feet to inch up the 3,000-foot rock. The Dawn Wall is the steepest half-mile stretch of granite that faces east toward the sun.