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Caldwell and Jorgeson Dawn Wall El Cap Project

ajfclark
21-Oct-2010
9:55:44 AM
October's Climbing magazine had a interesting interview with Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. Full transcript is here: http://www.climbing.com/photo/image/mescalito-interview.pdf

ajfclark
15-Nov-2010
10:39:53 AM
From http://climbingnarc.com/2010/11/push-begins-on-el-cap-for-caldwell-jorgeson/

Tommy and Kevin go for it: http://kjorgeson.blogspot.com/2010/11/here-we-go.html



Twitter updates: http://twitter.com/kjorgeson
Fish Boy
15-Nov-2010
3:55:44 PM
I've been following this and Leo's free routes with a very slack jaw...

ajfclark
15-Nov-2010
4:30:31 PM
Latest tweets indicate the just sent pitch 7.
dalai
15-Nov-2010
5:16:18 PM
This would have to be up there for the hardest multipitch once sent and the grades listed correct?

15 out of the 19 pitches are 5.13 and above, 6 of these are 5.14!

ajfclark
15-Nov-2010
5:16:53 PM
I think so, yes.
simey
15-Nov-2010
8:23:43 PM
I'm pretty sure that is the line me and a mate free-climbed years ago but we didn't write it up because it wandered around a bit.
kieranl
15-Nov-2010
8:41:21 PM
On 15/11/2010 simey wrote:
>I'm pretty sure that is the line me and a mate free-climbed years ago but
>we didn't write it up because it wandered around a bit.
and they even had to add some extra bolts... wimps. Maybe robertsonja could go and chop them for you.

ajfclark
16-Nov-2010
6:55:32 AM
Looks like they got pitch 8 sometime around 1:30am...

More coverage and photos from Tommy's wife: http://tommyandbecca.blogspot.com/

wallwombat
16-Nov-2010
9:44:57 AM
Tommy certainly didn't waste any time getting himself a new wife, after divorcing Beth Rodden.

I always thought they were the perfect all American apple pie climbing couple. Apparently not.

IdratherbeclimbingM9
16-Nov-2010
10:27:44 AM
You have had your myth busted too?
... He shattered my aid climber dreams long ago!
Heh, heh, heh.

ajfclark
16-Nov-2010
4:45:17 PM
>kjorgeson: Pitch 9 is done. Now the real business begins: 5.14b ish, 5.13d ish, 5.14b ish, 5.14c ish, 5.14c ish

I love the way he makes it sound like bit to get where they are was pretty easy...
ithomas
16-Nov-2010
5:09:23 PM
Re: The Tommy and Becca Blogspot:

My hope is that Tommy falls in love with Kevin and that the wholesome 'becca is jailed for stealing a mirror from the Curry Company Store. I wonder if Tommy really divorced Beth? More likely the other way around.

IdratherbeclimbingM9
16-Nov-2010
5:20:53 PM
On 16/11/2010 ajfclark wrote:
>I love the way he makes it sound like bit to get where they are was pretty easy...

If you are referring to 'Life with the Caldwell's' site Becca says;
>They made it look smooth as butter from my view, though they both said it felt awkward and definitely got the heart pumping while gripping underclings with tenuous feet traversing right at the bottom.

... Doesn't sound easy to me!

Gavo
16-Nov-2010
5:24:26 PM
I love how Kevin is 8 pitches up and writing tweets on his phone
kieranl
16-Nov-2010
10:25:10 PM
Still recovering from the opening salvo of the Caldwell blog.

"Im looking forward to another morning of waking up next to my husband with the warm sun and a bird's-eye-view"

Excuse me. I have to lean over the rail.again.

And what's with the "bit" thing. "..bit they this" and "bit they that"? Is she a Kiwi phonetic speller?

IdratherbeclimbingM9
16-Nov-2010
10:33:29 PM
You have forgotten what young love is like?

Btw; I agree, it comes across as quite smitten, (i.e. too gushy for me, even if others may thrive on it!).
simey
16-Nov-2010
10:48:18 PM
On 16/11/2010 kieranl wrote:
>Still recovering from the opening salvo of the Caldwell blog.
>
>"Im looking forward to another morning of waking up next to my husband
>with the warm sun and a bird's-eye-view"
>
>Excuse me. I have to lean over the rail.again.

I think we need One Day Hero to do a new version of the Caldwell blog. I'm sure he will amp up any bedroom scenes.

Superstu
17-Nov-2010
8:44:39 AM
"A climber, his wife, and their world."

OMG did we all just fall into a time vortex and its now 1952 again !?

Next it will be "Mr & Mrs Tommy Caldwell's Blog"


sbm
17-Nov-2010
9:33:10 AM
Meh, Mr. Caldwell's private life is his own damn business, I don't care.

Although, I have a strange urge to go and buy a new Sterling rope for some reason after Kevin's last tweet.

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