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Tommy Caldwell on El Capitan - by Facebook!Video

© Photo by Corey Rich
American climber Tommy Caldwell has been trying to free climb his long-term project the Dawn Wall on El Capitan for around five years now.

Image from the film PROGRESSION. Tommy Caldwell attempting to free his project on El Capitan, in Yosemite, CA.   © Photo by Corey Rich
Image from the film PROGRESSION. Tommy Caldwell attempting to free his project on El Capitan, in Yosemite, CA.
© Photo by Corey Rich

The route, if climbed, will be undoubtedly one of the hardest rock climbs in the world.

We have reported on some of his attempts on UKClimbing.com, and the last few times Tommy has been up on the wall, he has been updating his Facebook page with messages and photographs.

Updating social media whilst climbing is becoming more and more popular, in fact right now you can follow British mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick who is attempting a winter ascent of the Troll Wall in Norway, as Andy's Facebook page is being updated by his climbing partners with photos as they climb.

But what is interesting is that Tommy's efforts, and his Facebook activity, have been picked up by Facebook themselves and featured on their Facebook Stories page.

The people at Facebook have produced this excellent video of Tommy in action - check it out:


Tommy Caldwell is sponsored by Patagonia, La Sportiva, Black Diamond, Climb On, Bluewater Ropes, REVO Sunglasses, CLIF Bar


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25 Jan, 2013
That was a really well put together video. Really enjoyed that :)
25 Jan, 2013
On the offchance has anyone by any chance copied this to vimeo or youtube or similar? FB is filtered out for me at work and I need something to get the ol' finger sweats going... Thanks!
25 Jan, 2013
youtube.com /watch?v=SAMMPqq31Vg
25 Jan, 2013
cracking, many thanks.
25 Jan, 2013
Tidy vid that .
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