http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/sports....html?_r=0
I'm amazed at the attention that this has gotten. Normally climbing never gets any press from the mainstream media. The president himself congratulated Tommy and Kevin on their amazing ascent of the Dawn Wall. It's probably hard for non climbers to envision how difficult and what an incredible athletic feat what they did is. It's also rather touching how the country has gotten behind a project that the climbing world has been behind for years.
I'm going to throw out a wild guess that I'm the only member of these forums to have climbed El Capitan (on a much easier route in a much easier style) If anybody has questions or comments about the ascent, I'm your man.
I'm amazed at the attention that this has gotten. Normally climbing never gets any press from the mainstream media. The president himself congratulated Tommy and Kevin on their amazing ascent of the Dawn Wall. It's probably hard for non climbers to envision how difficult and what an incredible athletic feat what they did is. It's also rather touching how the country has gotten behind a project that the climbing world has been behind for years.
I'm going to throw out a wild guess that I'm the only member of these forums to have climbed El Capitan (on a much easier route in a much easier style) If anybody has questions or comments about the ascent, I'm your man.
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