MOVIE · 2018
The Dawn Wall
ActionAdventureDocumentary101 min
On Yosemite’s El Capitan, free climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson spend 19 days inching up the Dawn Wall, a 3,000-foot route long considered impossible to free climb. The film stays close to the mechanics of the attempt—tiny holds, repeated falls, nights suspended on the rock—while widening out into Caldwell’s life before the ascent and the setbacks that shaped his focus. Jorgeson’s role isn’t just that of a climbing partner; the documentary follows the strain and trust involved in moving together across one of the world’s most famous vertical faces, as a private goal turns into an event watched far beyond Yosemite.
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